# OpenSearch

Open-source, Apache 2.0 licensed search and analytics engine with a REST API, maintained by a Linux Foundation project.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://opensearch.org
- repository: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch
- docs: https://docs.opensearch.org/latest/getting-started/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: OpenSearch Software Foundation
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: Linux Foundation
- 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: docker compose, docker image, deb package, rpm package, yum repository, tar.gz archive, freebsd package, arch linux package

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-29

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 13890
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://opensearch.org/ (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://docs.opensearch.org/latest/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://opensearch.org/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainerType: https://opensearch.org/ (read 2026-10-19)
- parent: https://opensearch.org/ (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/main/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://opensearch.org/ (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://opensearch.org/downloads/ (read 2026-10-19)
- headlessApi: https://docs.opensearch.org/latest/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://endoflife.date/api/opensearch.json (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://docs.opensearch.org/latest/install-and-configure/install-opensearch/tar/ (read 2026-10-19)

## Notes

OpenSearch is a search and analytics engine written in Java. It exposes a REST API and runs as a server process. The OpenSearch Software Foundation maintains it as a project of the Linux Foundation. The [downloads page](https://opensearch.org/downloads/) lists container images and Linux packages, and the [getting-started guide](https://docs.opensearch.org/latest/getting-started/) names OpenSearch Dashboards as the web interface.

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