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MeiliSearchvsqm-music

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

MeiliSearchqm-music
Score82/10051/100
Rank in category#3 of 41 in Search Engines#20 of 59 in Music Streaming
GitHub stars59 706589
Stars, last 30 days+302+1
Stable releases, 12 months3311
Latest releasev1.56.0 · 26 Oct 2026v2.5.0 · 10 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageRustJava

Which one should you pick?

MeiliSearch scores 82/100 against 51/100 for qm-music, so it is the safer default.

MeiliSearch ships more often: 33 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for qm-music.

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

MeiliSearch is growing faster right now (+302 stars in 30 days).

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