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SearXNGvsweb-portal

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

SearXNGweb-portal
Score86/10048/100
Rank in category#1 of 41 in Search Engines#23 of 44 in Dashboard
GitHub stars38 976260
Stars, last 30 days+1 364+1
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—v2.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 48/100 for web-portal, so it is the safer default.

web-portal ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 364 stars in 30 days).

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