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searchmysite.netvsVert

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

searchmysite.netVert
Score44/10071/100
Rank in category#33 of 41 in Search Engines#2 of 10 in File Conversion
GitHub stars14016 176
Stars, last 30 days+0+543
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev1.4.34 · 18 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Vert scores 71/100 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 Vert.

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

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

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