ElasticSearch
Distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine.
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Still maintained? Yes: 4,051 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v9.5.5 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Algolia.
At a glance
ElasticSearch quick facts
- Health score
- 90/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 78,416
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v9.5.5, Oct 2026
- Licence
- SSPL-1.0
Top alternatives to ElasticSearch
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Elasticsearch is a distributed search and analytics engine, scalable data store and vector database optimized for speed and relevance on production-scale workloads. Elasticsearch is the foundation of Elastic's open Stack platform. Search in near real-time over massive datasets, perform vector searches, integrate with generative AI applications, and much more."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
ElasticSearch scores 90/100, #9 of 16 in Search Engines: 4,051 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v9.5.5, 24 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 78,416 stars add 19.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
4051 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v9.5.5 released 24 days ago
- Stars 19.6 / 20
78k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 4051
- Last 90 days
- 14,709
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #9 of 16 tools in Search Engines by health , between Websurfx (#8) and SearXNG (#10) .
Details
| Licence | SSPL-1.0 |
| Platforms | Java |
| Latest release | v9.5.5 · 24 days ago |
| Stars | 78,416 |
| Open issues | 4,779 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | elastic/elasticsearch ↗ |
ElasticSearch vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with ElasticSearch (Search Engines), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeiliSearch | 99 | 60k | MIT | yesterday |
| OpenSearch | 97 | 14k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Typesense | 97 | 27k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Manticore Search | 96 | 12k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| ElasticSearch (this tool) | 90 | 78k | SSPL-1.0 | today |
| Apache Solr | 68 | 1.7k | Apache-2.0 | today |
ElasticSearch: common questions
What does ElasticSearch replace?
Repoly lists ElasticSearch as an open-source alternative to Algolia. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where ElasticSearch stands against the others.
Is ElasticSearch still maintained?
ElasticSearch had 4,051 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v9.5.5, is from 24 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.