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librexvsSearXNG

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

librexSearXNG
Score50/10086/100
Rank in category#27 of 41 in Search Engines#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars84338 953
Stars, last 30 days—+1 387
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePHPPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 50/100 for librex, so it is the safer default.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 387 stars in 30 days).

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