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elasticsearchvsHuly

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

elasticsearchHuly
Score83/10074/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#4 of 45 in Project Management
GitHub stars78 42528 005
Stars, last 30 days+456+244
Stable releases, 12 months322
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026v0.7.426 · 2 Jul 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherEPL-2.0
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 83/100 against 74/100 for Huly, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for Huly.

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