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shinysdrvsTypesense

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

shinysdrTypesense
Score48/10079/100
Rank in category#3 of 4 in Amateur Radio#6 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars1 14427 063
Stars, last 30 days+4+470
Stable releases, 12 months04
Latest release—v30.2 · 19 Apr 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languagePythonC

Which one should you pick?

Typesense scores 79/100 against 48/100 for shinysdr, so it is the safer default.

Typesense ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for shinysdr.

If you want the quickest setup, Typesense is easier to run; shinysdr needs more configuration.

Typesense is growing faster right now (+470 stars in 30 days).

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