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MeiliSearchvsubnt-update

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

MeiliSearchubnt-update
Score82/10031/100
Rank in category#3 of 41 in Search Engines#31 of 31 in Networking
GitHub stars59 70423
Stars, last 30 days+300+0
Stable releases, 12 months330
Latest releasev1.56.0 · 26 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageRust—

Which one should you pick?

MeiliSearch scores 82/100 against 31/100 for ubnt-update, so it is the safer default.

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

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

MeiliSearch is growing faster right now (+300 stars in 30 days).

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