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24 alternatives to ElasticSearch

Lucene based search server.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ElasticSearch launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Apache Solr▲4

   Lucene based search server.

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2DA
   Dejavu – a modern, open-source data browser for Elasticsearch▲33

   2016 · appbaseio.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3OS
   Open-source search engine with 2bn-page index▲229

   2016 · deusu.org · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Tesse▲99

   A new interactive search engine with people as results

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Searchkit▲156

   UI components for Elasticsearch

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6GF
   GUI for Data Modeling with Elasticsearch▲74

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7GF
   GUI for writing Elasticsearch queries▲97

   2016 · appbaseio.github.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Elasticsearch▲5

   Open Source Distributed RESTful Search Engine

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Search▲340

   The all in one search engine for PH, DN, HN and GitHub ✊

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Audiosear.ch▲198

    Full text search & discovery engine for podcasts

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    dejavu▲90

    A modern, open-source data browser for Elasticsearch.

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    API{Search}▲127

    APIs: Find and Be Found

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13LL
    Liqe – Lightweight and performant Lucene-like parser and search engine▲7

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14DS
    Desktop Search Powered by Elasticsearch▲6

    2022 · alexmarquardt.com · its alternatives →

15. 15PQ
    PyEQS – query Elasticsearch like a Django Queryset▲55

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Audiosear.ch 2.0▲131

    One-stop search and recommendation engine for podcasts

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Research Browser▲87

    A powerful browsing application to collect and share info

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18AS
    A search widget for static web sites▲88

    2017 · webtigerteam.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    searchcode▲75

    A source code search engine

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Universal Recommender▲75

    Open source recommendation engine on Spark + Elasticsearch

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21D1
    Dejavu 1.0 – An open-source data browser for Elasticsearch▲9

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Eyein▲84

    Real-time image search engine

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23SE
    Supergiant Elasticsearch – Auto-Scalable and Automated ES DevOps▲22

    2016 · qbox.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Library.one▲111

    Link sharing platform for experts, contextual search engine

    2022 · library.one · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →