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openobservevsSearXNG

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

openobserveSearXNG
Score78/10086/100
Rank in category#9 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars22 55338 943
Stars, last 30 days+436+1 377
Stable releases, 12 months220
Latest releasev1.1.2 · 20 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 78/100 for openobserve, so it is the safer default.

openobserve ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 377 stars in 30 days).

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