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Nextcloudvssearcharr

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

Nextcloudsearcharr
Score86/10049/100
Rank in category#1 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration#51 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars37 338304
Stars, last 30 days+431+0
Stable releases, 12 months221
Latest releasev33.0.10 · 15 Oct 2026v3.4.0 · 8 Apr 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePHPPython

Which one should you pick?

Nextcloud scores 86/100 against 49/100 for searcharr, so it is the safer default.

Nextcloud ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for searcharr.

Nextcloud is growing faster right now (+431 stars in 30 days).

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