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LAN SheriffvsSearXNG

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

LAN SheriffSearXNG
Score47/10086/100
Rank in category#31 of 48 in Network Monitoring#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars15638 956
Stars, last 30 days—+1 390
Stable releases, 12 months30
Latest releasev1.0.2 · 19 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 47/100 for LAN Sheriff, so it is the safer default.

LAN Sheriff ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 390 stars in 30 days).

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