Hister vs Marginalia Search
Comparing two open source alternatives to Kagi and Google Search and Bing and DuckDuckGo. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.
Hister
AGPL-3.0Private, self-hosted search engine that indexes the pages you visit and the files you keep for full-text and semantic search.
Marginalia Search
AGPL-3.0Self-hostable internet search engine that indexes the small, old and non-commercial web instead of ranking the biggest sites.
Side-by-side comparison
| Hister | Marginalia Search | |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| GitHub Stars | 6,278 | 2,239 |
| Forks | 286 | 67 |
| Open Issues | 64 | 33 |
| Last Commit | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
| First Released | Jan 4, 2026 | Mar 20, 2023 |
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