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ScreenTinkervsSearXNG

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

ScreenTinkerSearXNG
Score53/10086/100
Rank in category#4 of 7 in Digital Signage#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars24238 961
Stars, last 30 days—+1 395
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev3.0.3 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 53/100 for ScreenTinker, so it is the safer default.

ScreenTinker ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 395 stars in 30 days).

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