# Vespa

Open source search platform for vectors, tensors, text and structured data, with ranking and model inference at serving time.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://vespa.ai
- repository: https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa
- docs: https://docs.vespa.ai/
- pricing: https://vespa.ai/pricing/
- x: https://x.com/vespaengine

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Vespa.ai AS
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: NO

### Kind

- category: search
- hosting: java
- language: java
- runtime: jvm
- runtimeMin: unknown
- 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: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: docker image

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 8
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-27

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 7150
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 120
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://vespa.ai/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://blog.vespa.ai/open-sourcing-vespa-yahoos-big-data-processing/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://vespa.ai/privacy-policy/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://vespa.ai/privacy-policy/ (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://vespa.ai/company/ (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://docs.vespa.ai/en/applications/containers.html (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://docs.vespa.ai/en/operations/self-managed/config-sentinel.html (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://docs.vespa.ai/en/operations/self-managed/docker-containers.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://docs.vespa.ai/en/operations/self-managed/build-install.html (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://vespa.ai/pricing/ (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/vespa-engine/vespa/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/vespa-engine/vespa (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/vespa-engine/vespa/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Vespa is an open source search platform for vectors, tensors, text and structured data, with ranking and model inference run at serving time. It is installed as a Docker image or as an RPM package. The project's documentation lives at docs.vespa.ai.

The company that maintains Vespa, Vespa.ai AS, has its headquarters and engineering hub in Trondheim, Norway. Its homepage also links an X account and a newsletter sign-up.

## Worth knowing

Vespa Cloud is a managed platform for deploying Vespa applications, offered by the same company beside the open source server. Its free trial runs on usage credits.

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