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SearXNGvsYT Navigator

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

SearXNGYT Navigator
Score86/10044/100
Rank in category#1 of 41 in Search Engines#71 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars38 974606
Stars, last 30 days+1 362+0
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 44/100 for YT Navigator, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, SearXNG is easier to run; YT Navigator needs more configuration.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 362 stars in 30 days).

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