ElasticSearch
ElasticSearch is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Search Engines category, licensed AGPL-3.0, SSPL 1.0 or Elastic License 2.0 (your choice) and written mainly in Java. It is a self-hosted alternative to Algolia. It has 78,383 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Search Engines
- Java
- AGPL-3.0 / SSPL-1.0 / Elastic-2.0
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 78,383
- Forks
- 26,113
- Open issues
- 4,785
- Commits, last 12 months
- 14,706
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v9.5.5Oct 6, 2026
- Created
- Feb 8, 2010
- License
- AGPL-3.0, SSPL 1.0 or Elastic License 2.0 (your choice)Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 14,706 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors89 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 14,706 |
| Latest release | v9.5.5 (Oct 6, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 270 |
| Open issues | 4,785 |
| Open pull requests | 1,415 |
| Good first issues | 21 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Feb 8, 2010 |
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About ElasticSearch
Distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/elastic/elasticsearch.
Topics
- elasticsearch
- java
- search-engine
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Is ElasticSearch free and open source?
Yes. ElasticSearch is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0, SSPL 1.0 or Elastic License 2.0 (your choice) license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run ElasticSearch with Docker?
ElasticSearch does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Java), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to ElasticSearch?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to ElasticSearch include MeiliSearch, SearXNG and Typesense. ElasticSearch itself is a self-hosted alternative to Algolia.
Is ElasticSearch actively maintained?
The most recent commit to ElasticSearch was on Oct 26, 2026 with 14,706 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v9.5.5, published Oct 6, 2026. It had 4,785 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.