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MeiliSearchvsxpipe-webtop

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

MeiliSearchxpipe-webtop
Score82/10070/100
Rank in category#3 of 41 in Search Engines#5 of 23 in Remote Access
GitHub stars59 70114 632
Stars, last 30 days+297+74
Stable releases, 12 months3335
Latest releasev1.56.0 · 26 Oct 202624.9 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageRustJava

Which one should you pick?

MeiliSearch scores 82/100 against 70/100 for xpipe-webtop, so it is the safer default.

xpipe-webtop ships more often: 35 stable releases in the past year, against 33 for MeiliSearch.

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

MeiliSearch is growing faster right now (+297 stars in 30 days).

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