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SearXNGvsWakeMyPotato

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

SearXNGWakeMyPotato
Score86/10042/100
Rank in category#1 of 41 in Search Engines#12 of 22 in Home Server
GitHub stars38 977148
Stars, last 30 days+1 365+0
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonShell

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 42/100 for WakeMyPotato, so it is the safer default.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 365 stars in 30 days).

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