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SearXNGvsFerrite Telegram Server

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

SearXNGFerrite Telegram Server
Score86/10039/100
Rank in category#1 of 41 in Search Engines#88 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars38 974177
Stars, last 30 days+1 362+0
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonC#

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 39/100 for Ferrite Telegram Server, so it is the safer default.

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

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 362 stars in 30 days).

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