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OpenSearchvstextsnap

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

OpenSearchtextsnap
Score76/10045/100
Rank in category#7 of 41 in Search Engines#8 of 12 in Document Processing
GitHub stars13 932196
Stars, last 30 days+157+0
Stable releases, 12 months112
Latest release2.19.7 · 17 Oct 2026v0.4.0 · 29 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

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

OpenSearch ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for textsnap.

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

OpenSearch is growing faster right now (+157 stars in 30 days).

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