OpenSearch

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

opensearch.orgrepositorydocs

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 lists container images and Linux packages, and the getting-started guide names OpenSearch Dashboards as the web interface.

Identity

Status: Active
Maintainer: OpenSearch Software Foundation1
Maintained by: Foundation 1
Owned by: Linux Foundation1

Rendering and deploy

Runs as: Always on 8
Install with: docker compose, docker image, deb package, rpm package, yum repository, tar.gz archive, freebsd package, arch linux package5

Releases

Current major version: 36
Last release: 2026-09-297

Adoption

GitHub stars: 13,8902

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Sources

2026-10-19: links, Maintainer, Maintained by, Owned by, Categories
opensearch.org/
2026-10-19: links, License model, Written in, Runtime, GitHub stars
github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch
2026-10-19: links, Content API
docs.opensearch.org/latest/getting-started/
2026-10-19: License
raw.githubusercontent.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/main/LICENSE.txt
2026-10-19: Install with
opensearch.org/downloads/
2026-10-19: Current major version
endoflife.date/api/opensearch.json
2026-10-19: Last release
api.github.com/repos/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/latest
2026-10-19: Runs as
docs.opensearch.org/latest/install-and-configure/install-opensearch/tar/

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