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OpenBriefvsOpenSearch

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

OpenBriefOpenSearch
Score45/10076/100
Rank in category#7 of 15 in Audio Processing#7 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars58013 930
Stars, last 30 days+0+155
Stable releases, 12 months111
Latest releasev0.4.0 · 25 May 20262.19.7 · 17 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

OpenSearch scores 76/100 against 45/100 for OpenBrief, so it is the safer default.

OpenSearch ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for OpenBrief.

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

OpenSearch is growing faster right now (+155 stars in 30 days).

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