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elasticsearchvsPrint Farm Manager

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

elasticsearchPrint Farm Manager
Score84/10047/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#17 of 22 in 3D Printing
GitHub stars78 412215
Stars, last 30 days+432+0
Stable releases, 12 months321
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026v1.0.0 · 2 Jul 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageJavaJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 84/100 against 47/100 for Print Farm Manager, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for Print Farm Manager.

If you want the quickest setup, Print Farm Manager is easier to run; elasticsearch needs more configuration.

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+432 stars in 30 days).

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