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elasticsearchvsLibreOffice (LinuxServer.io)

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

elasticsearchLibreOffice (LinuxServer.io)
Score83/10053/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#27 of 46 in Document Management
GitHub stars78 421149
Stars, last 30 days+452—
Stable releases, 12 months3221
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 202625.8.7.3-r0-ls8 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaDockerfile

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 83/100 against 53/100 for LibreOffice (LinuxServer.io), so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 21 for LibreOffice (LinuxServer.io).

If you want the quickest setup, LibreOffice (LinuxServer.io) is easier to run; elasticsearch needs more configuration.

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+452 stars in 30 days).

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