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SearXNGvsSosse

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

SearXNGSosse
Score86/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 41 in Search Engines#25 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars38 956408
Stars, last 30 days+1 390—
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 52/100 for Sosse, so it is the safer default.

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

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 390 stars in 30 days).

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