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JupyterLabvsSearXNG

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

JupyterLabSearXNG
Score78/10086/100
Rank in category#1 of 3 in Data Science#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars15 37938 961
Stars, last 30 days+63+1 395
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev4.7.0b0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 78/100 for JupyterLab, so it is the safer default.

JupyterLab ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

If you want the quickest setup, JupyterLab is easier to run; SearXNG needs more configuration.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 395 stars in 30 days).

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