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searchmysite.netvsShields

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

searchmysite.netShields
Score44/10080/100
Rank in category#33 of 41 in Search Engines#6 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars14027 331
Stars, last 30 days+0+125
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev1.4.34 · 18 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languagePythonJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Shields scores 80/100 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 Shields.

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

Shields is growing faster right now (+125 stars in 30 days).

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