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OpenSearchvsword-mastermind

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

OpenSearchword-mastermind
Score76/10042/100
Rank in category#7 of 41 in Search Engines#20 of 23 in Gaming
GitHub stars13 927278
Stars, last 30 days+152+0
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest release2.19.7 · 17 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageJavaJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

OpenSearch scores 76/100 against 42/100 for word-mastermind, so it is the safer default.

OpenSearch ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for word-mastermind.

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

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

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