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mbusdvsTypesense

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

mbusdTypesense
Score52/10079/100
Rank in category#3 of 4 in Industrial IoT#6 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars68427 063
Stars, last 30 days—+477
Stable releases, 12 months14
Latest releasev0.5.3 · 7 Apr 2026v30.2 · 19 Apr 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseGPL-3.0
Main languageCC

Which one should you pick?

Typesense scores 79/100 against 52/100 for mbusd, so it is the safer default.

Typesense ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for mbusd.

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

Typesense is growing faster right now (+477 stars in 30 days).

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