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SearXNGvsTrench

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

SearXNGTrench
Score86/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 41 in Search Engines#9 of 27 in Analytics
GitHub stars38 9651 666
Stars, last 30 days+1 353+0
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

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

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

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