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SearXNGvsUmlautAdaptarr

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

SearXNGUmlautAdaptarr
Score86/10040/100
Rank in category#1 of 41 in Search Engines#120 of 142 in Media Management
GitHub stars38 984309
Stars, last 30 days+1 372+0
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—v0.7.6 · 5 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0—
Main languagePythonC

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 40/100 for UmlautAdaptarr, so it is the safer default.

UmlautAdaptarr ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 372 stars in 30 days).

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