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nginx-lovevsSearXNG

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

nginx-loveSearXNG
Score50/10086/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Web Application Firewall#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars31238 961
Stars, last 30 days—+1 395
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev4.01 · 31 Oct 2025—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 50/100 for nginx-love, so it is the safer default.

nginx-love ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 395 stars in 30 days).

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