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sphinx-relayvsApache Tika

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

sphinx-relayApache Tika
Score44/10068/100
Rank in category#71 of 110 in Chat#1 of 2 in Data Extraction
GitHub stars2474 114
Stars, last 30 days—+15
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

Apache Tika scores 68/100 against 44/100 for sphinx-relay, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, Apache Tika is easier to run; sphinx-relay needs more configuration.

Apache Tika is growing faster right now (+15 stars in 30 days).

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