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searcharrvsVert

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

searcharrVert
Score49/10071/100
Rank in category#51 of 110 in Chat#2 of 10 in File Conversion
GitHub stars30416 176
Stars, last 30 days+0+543
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev3.4.0 · 8 Apr 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Vert scores 71/100 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 Vert.

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

Vert is growing faster right now (+543 stars in 30 days).

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