# Hibernate Search

Java library that indexes Hibernate ORM entities into Apache Lucene or Elasticsearch and runs full-text queries against them.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/hibernate-search/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://hibernate.org/search/
- repository: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-search
- docs: https://hibernate.org/search/documentation/
- x: https://x.com/hibernate
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hibernate.org
- forum: https://discourse.hibernate.org/c/hibernate-search

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Hibernate
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2010
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: search
- hosting: java
- language: java
- runtime: jvm
- runtimeMin: jvm 17
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: maven

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 8
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-05-27

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 537
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 65
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://hibernate.org/search/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-search (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://hibernate.org/search/documentation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://hibernate.org/search/ (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://hibernate.org/search/ (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-search (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://docs.hibernate.org/search/8.4/reference/en-US/html_single/ (read 2026-10-28)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-search/blob/8.4.0.Final/pom.xml (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://docs.hibernate.org/search/8.4/getting-started/orm/en-US/html_single/ (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-search/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-search/releases/tag/8.4.0.Final (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-search/releases/tag/8.4.0.Final (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-search/tree/3.3.0.Alpha1 (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-search (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-search/graphs/contributors (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Hibernate Search adds full-text search to Java applications that use Hibernate ORM. It indexes Hibernate ORM entities into Apache Lucene indexes or Elasticsearch and OpenSearch clusters and runs full-text queries against them.

The index is either local Lucene storage or a remote Elasticsearch or OpenSearch cluster that is configured separately. The project ships no server of its own, and the [documentation](https://hibernate.org/search/documentation/) is the place to start.

## Worth knowing

Hibernate Search is a library inside a Java application, not a search service a site can call. A site built with it needs a Java build that pulls the Maven artifacts, and the Elasticsearch option adds a cluster to run beside the application.

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