# Elasticsearch

Distributed search and analytics engine that stores and queries structured, unstructured and vector data over an HTTP API.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/elasticsearch/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearch
- repository: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
- docs: https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/installing-elasticsearch

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: elasticsearch B.V.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: search
- hosting: java
- language: java
- runtime: jvm
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: tar.gz archive, deb package, rpm package, docker image, docker compose

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: AGPL-3.0-only OR SSPL-1.0 OR Elastic-2.0 (triple license, default for the repository), Elastic License 2.0 (x-pack folder only)

### Releases

- currentMajor: 9
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-06

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 78317
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 10700
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearch (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/installing-elasticsearch (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://www.elastic.co/legal/privacy-statement (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainerType: https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearch (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/elasticsearch/main/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/elasticsearch/main/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/elasticsearch/main/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearch (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/installing-elasticsearch (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/installing-elasticsearch (read 2026-10-19)
- headlessApi: https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearch (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://endoflife.date/api/elasticsearch.json (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/installing-elasticsearch (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Elasticsearch is a distributed search and analytics engine written in Java. It stores structured, unstructured and vector data and queries it through a REST API. Elastic, a company, develops it and offers Elastic Cloud, a hosted version available as serverless and hosted deployments. Each distribution bundles its own OpenJDK, so a separate Java installation is not needed to run the server. The [self-managed installation guide](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/installing-elasticsearch) describes the archive, package and container options.

## Worth knowing

The repository's default license is a choice of AGPL-3.0-only, SSPL-1.0 or Elastic License 2.0. Code in the x-pack folder is under Elastic License 2.0 alone.

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