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privtrackervsYacy

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

privtrackerYacy
Score50/10062/100
Rank in category#47 of 86 in File Sharing#18 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars8274 085
Stars, last 30 days—+41
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languageGoJava

Which one should you pick?

Yacy scores 62/100 against 50/100 for privtracker, so it is the safer default.

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

Yacy is growing faster right now (+41 stars in 30 days).

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