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searchmysite.netvsSearXNG

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

searchmysite.netSearXNG
Score44/10086/100
Rank in category#33 of 41 in Search Engines#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars14038 946
Stars, last 30 days—+1 380
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev1.4.34 · 18 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 44/100 for searchmysite.net, so it is the safer default.

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

If you want the quickest setup, SearXNG is easier to run; searchmysite.net needs more configuration.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 380 stars in 30 days).

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