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SearXNGvsVeridrop

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

SearXNGVeridrop
Score86/10045/100
Rank in category#1 of 41 in Search Engines#9 of 13 in API
GitHub stars38 962692
Stars, last 30 days+1 396—
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—v0.1.0 · 15 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 45/100 for Veridrop, so it is the safer default.

Veridrop ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 396 stars in 30 days).

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