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skyvernvsYacy

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

skyvernYacy
Score75/10062/100
Rank in category#3 of 26 in Automation#18 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars23 2954 086
Stars, last 30 days+232+41
Stable releases, 12 months260
Latest releasev1.0.56 · 14 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languagePythonJava

Which one should you pick?

skyvern scores 75/100 against 62/100 for Yacy, so it is the safer default.

skyvern ships more often: 26 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Yacy.

skyvern is growing faster right now (+232 stars in 30 days).

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