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netxmsvsSearXNG

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

netxmsSearXNG
Score55/10086/100
Rank in category#19 of 48 in Network Monitoring#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars41738 962
Stars, last 30 days—+1 396
Stable releases, 12 months150
Latest releaserelease-6.2.4 · 2 Sept 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageC++Python

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 55/100 for netxms, so it is the safer default.

netxms ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

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

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 396 stars in 30 days).

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