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JellySearchvsOneSearch

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

JellySearchOneSearch
Score50/10040/100
Rank in category#65 of 119 in Media Server#36 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars—28
Stars, last 30 days—+1
Stable releases, 12 months019
Latest release—v1.8.0 · 8 Nov 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicensemitAGPL-3.0
Main language—Python

Which one should you pick?

JellySearch scores 50/100 against 40/100 for OneSearch, so it is the safer default.

OneSearch ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for JellySearch.

OneSearch is growing faster right now (+1 stars in 30 days).

Key differences

  • License: JellySearch is mit, OneSearch is AGPL-3.0.
  • Features only JellySearch lists: Client-transparent via reverse proxy, Full-text search proxy, Genre search, Multi-field search and 3 more.
  • Features only OneSearch lists: Admin Dashboard, CLI Tool, Document preview with highlighted matches, Full-Text Search and 9 more.

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