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OpenSearchvstrypost

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

OpenSearchtrypost
Score76/10058/100
Rank in category#7 of 41 in Search Engines#4 of 18 in Social Media Management
GitHub stars13 927765
Stars, last 30 days+152+1
Stable releases, 12 months1112
Latest release2.19.7 · 17 Oct 2026v2.0.0 · 10 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaPHP

Which one should you pick?

OpenSearch scores 76/100 against 58/100 for trypost, so it is the safer default.

trypost ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for OpenSearch.

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

OpenSearch is growing faster right now (+152 stars in 30 days).

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