Top pick · highest health
Fess
92 GOODPowerful and easily deployable Enterprise Search Server.
★ 1.1k · ⟳ today · fess-15.8.0 · Apache-2.0
DockerJava
Open source alternatives to Google Search
We track 3 open-source Google Search alternatives, of which 2 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 3 ship a Docker image. Fess leads on health at 92/100 with 204 commits in the last 90 days; across all 3 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0, GPL-2.0.
- 3
- Alternatives
- 42k
- Combined stars
- 441
- Commits / 90 days
- 3
- With Docker
Showing 3 of 3 tools
All 3 Google Search alternatives, ranked by health
-
-
SearXNG
73 GOODInternet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases (Fork of Searx).
★ 37k · ⟳ today · AGPL-3.0
DockerPython -
Yacy
69 SLOWINGPeer based, decentralized search engine server.
★ 4k · ⟳ 8 days ago · GPL-2.0
DockerJavaK8S
Google Search alternatives: common questions
What is the most maintained open source alternative to Google Search?
Fess scores highest at 92/100, with 204 commits in the last 90 days, 1.1k GitHub stars and its latest release (fess-15.8.0) published 25 days ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.
Which Google Search alternatives use a permissive licence?
1 of 3 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Fess (Apache-2.0). 2 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
Which Google Search alternatives run in Docker?
3 of 3 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Fess, SearXNG, Yacy. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.