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OpenTogetherTubevsSearXNG

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

OpenTogetherTubeSearXNG
Score51/10086/100
Rank in category#16 of 36 in Video Streaming#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars57738 976
Stars, last 30 days+0+1 364
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev0.15.0 · 4 Jun 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 51/100 for OpenTogetherTube, so it is the safer default.

OpenTogetherTube ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 364 stars in 30 days).

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