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MeiliSearchvsproxyscotch

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

MeiliSearchproxyscotch
Score82/10044/100
Rank in category#3 of 41 in Search Engines#10 of 13 in API
GitHub stars59 697428
Stars, last 30 days+309—
Stable releases, 12 months330
Latest releasev1.56.0 · 26 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageRustGo

Which one should you pick?

MeiliSearch scores 82/100 against 44/100 for proxyscotch, so it is the safer default.

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

MeiliSearch is growing faster right now (+309 stars in 30 days).

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