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searcharrvssetup-ipsec-vpn

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

searcharrsetup-ipsec-vpn
Score49/10078/100
Rank in category#51 of 110 in Chat#3 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars30428 888
Stars, last 30 days+0+322
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev3.4.0 · 8 Apr 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITOther
Main languagePythonShell

Which one should you pick?

setup-ipsec-vpn scores 78/100 against 49/100 for searcharr, so it is the safer default.

searcharr ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for setup-ipsec-vpn.

If you want the quickest setup, setup-ipsec-vpn is easier to run; searcharr needs more configuration.

setup-ipsec-vpn is growing faster right now (+322 stars in 30 days).

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