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Piikvssearchmysite.net

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

Piiksearchmysite.net
Score73/10044/100
Rank in category#1 of 4 in Live Streaming#33 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars3 871140
Stars, last 30 days+413+0
Stable releases, 12 months1410
Latest releasev2.5.0 · 26 Oct 2026v1.4.34 · 18 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Piik scores 73/100 against 44/100 for searchmysite.net, so it is the safer default.

Piik ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for searchmysite.net.

If you want the quickest setup, Piik is easier to run; searchmysite.net needs more configuration.

Piik is growing faster right now (+413 stars in 30 days).

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