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SearXNGvsShinken

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

SearXNGShinken
Score86/10053/100
Rank in category#1 of 41 in Search Engines#17 of 51 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars38 9651 135
Stars, last 30 days+1 353+0
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 53/100 for Shinken, so it is the safer default.

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

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 353 stars in 30 days).

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