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rpi-mqtt-monitorvsSearXNG

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

rpi-mqtt-monitorSearXNG
Score51/10086/100
Rank in category#58 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars32838 956
Stars, last 30 days—+1 390
Stable releases, 12 months80
Latest release1.4.3 · 18 Jun 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 51/100 for rpi-mqtt-monitor, so it is the safer default.

rpi-mqtt-monitor ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

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

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