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SearXNGvsStylus

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

SearXNGStylus
Score86/10049/100
Rank in category#1 of 41 in Search Engines#11 of 19 in Infrastructure Monitoring
GitHub stars38 961338
Stars, last 30 days+1 395—
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languagePythonRust

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 49/100 for Stylus, so it is the safer default.

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

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 395 stars in 30 days).

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