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OneSearchvsSearXNG

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

OneSearchSearXNG
Score39/10086/100
Rank in category#36 of 41 in Search Engines#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars2738 953
Stars, last 30 days—+1 387
Stable releases, 12 months180
Latest releasev1.7.1 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 39/100 for OneSearch, so it is the safer default.

OneSearch ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 387 stars in 30 days).

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