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prometheus-qbittorrent-exportervsSearXNG

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

prometheus-qbittorrent-exporterSearXNG
Score46/10086/100
Rank in category#73 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars19738 956
Stars, last 30 days—+1 390
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest release1.7.1 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 46/100 for prometheus-qbittorrent-exporter, so it is the safer default.

prometheus-qbittorrent-exporter ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

If you want the quickest setup, prometheus-qbittorrent-exporter is easier to run; SearXNG needs more configuration.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 390 stars in 30 days).

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