Elasticsearch
Distributed search and analytics engine
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Project is healthy
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Healthy
Bus Factor
Low risk
Overview
Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine capable of addressing a growing number of use cases.
Importance
- Powers search for major websites
- Foundation of the ELK stack for logging
- Used for observability and security analytics
- Critical for application search features
Key Features
- Full-text search capabilities
- Real-time analytics
- Distributed architecture
- RESTful API
Sustainability
Elasticsearch is backed by Elastic NV with strong commercial support. Recent license changes created forks, but the project remains well-funded.
Dependencies
Depends On
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Elasticsearch
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Dependency Chain
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OpenSSL
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Linux Kernel
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Elasticsearch
Impact Analysis
2
Direct Dependencies
0
Dependent Projects
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