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elasticsearchvsNextcloud Memories

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

elasticsearchNextcloud Memories
Score84/10069/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#3 of 41 in Photo Management
GitHub stars78 4293 867
Stars, last 30 days+449+24
Stable releases, 12 months3217
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026v10.2.0 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaPHP

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 84/100 against 69/100 for Nextcloud Memories, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 17 for Nextcloud Memories.

If you want the quickest setup, Nextcloud Memories is easier to run; elasticsearch needs more configuration.

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+449 stars in 30 days).

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