🆚 OpenSearch vs. RelMeAuth

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 OpenSearch is three times more popular than RelMeAuth.
🌎 OpenSearch is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Russia.
🌍 RelMeAuth is more popular in Chile, Isle of Man, and Saint Helena.

Type

Standard

About

OpenSearch is a specification that describes a website's search engine, enabling browsers, apps, and services to discover and integrate it.

It is implemented as a linked XML file and was originally developed by Amazon to make it easier for other applications to integrate their search services.

RelMeAuth is a proposed open standard for using rel-me links to profiles on OAuth supporting services to authenticate via either those profiles or your own site.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States

Website

GitHub #13

microformats.org #758,817

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

OpenSearch is 3 times more popular than RelMeAuth.

Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

OpenSearch is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Russia, while RelMeAuth is more popular in Chile, Isle of Man, and Saint Helena.

United States

Germany

Russia

United Kingdom

France

Netherlands

Spain

Italy

Ukraine

Poland

Awards

🔥 13rd most popular in Kazakhstan in the Standards category.
🔥 13rd most popular in Azerbaijan in the Standards category.
🔥 13rd most popular in Uzbekistan in the Standards category.
🔥 13rd most popular in the Dominican Republic in the Standards category.
🔥 13rd most popular in Tajikistan in the Standards category.

⬆️ 22nd most popular in Germany in the Standards category.
⬆️ 24th most popular in Iran in the Standards category.
⬆️ 25th most popular in France in the Standards category.
⬆️ 25th most popular in Bulgaria in the Standards category.
⬆️ 25th most popular in Chile in the Standards category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

OpenSearch is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, business, and online shopping, while RelMeAuth is more commonly used on technical, business forums, games, and personal pages sites.

Blogs/Wiki

Business

Online Shopping

Education/Reference

Marketing/Merchandising

Internet Services

Entertainment

Software/Hardware

Public Information

General News