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MeiliSearchvsracktables

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

MeiliSearchracktables
Score82/10047/100
Rank in category#3 of 41 in Search Engines#16 of 19 in Infrastructure Monitoring
GitHub stars59 696813
Stars, last 30 days+308—
Stable releases, 12 months330
Latest releasev1.56.0 · 26 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherGPL-2.0
Main languageRustPHP

Which one should you pick?

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

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

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

MeiliSearch is growing faster right now (+308 stars in 30 days).

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