Hister vs YaCy
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.
YaCy
GPL-2.0A peer-to-peer search engine and intranet search appliance that crawls, indexes, and serves results from your own server.
Side-by-side comparison
| Hister | YaCy | |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0 | GPL-2.0 |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| GitHub Stars | 6,278 | 4,108 |
| Forks | 286 | 502 |
| Open Issues | 64 | 247 |
| Last Commit | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 3, 2026 |
| First Released | Jan 4, 2026 | Mar 22, 2015 |
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