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nocobasevsYacy

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

nocobaseYacy
Score78/10062/100
Rank in category#2 of 4 in No-code Platforms#18 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars24 7644 086
Stars, last 30 days+430+42
Stable releases, 12 months750
Latest releasev2.2.35 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

nocobase scores 78/100 against 62/100 for Yacy, so it is the safer default.

nocobase ships more often: 75 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Yacy.

nocobase is growing faster right now (+430 stars in 30 days).

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