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MeiliSearchvsmeshping

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

MeiliSearchmeshping
Score82/10047/100
Rank in category#3 of 41 in Search Engines#31 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars59 699170
Stars, last 30 days+311—
Stable releases, 12 months330
Latest releasev1.56.0 · 26 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageRustPython

Which one should you pick?

MeiliSearch scores 82/100 against 47/100 for meshping, so it is the safer default.

MeiliSearch ships more often: 33 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for meshping.

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

MeiliSearch is growing faster right now (+311 stars in 30 days).

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