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elasticsearchvsProxMenux

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

elasticsearchProxMenux
Score83/10062/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#2 of 15 in Backup Management
GitHub stars78 4183 241
Stars, last 30 days+449—
Stable releases, 12 months325
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026v1.2.7 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 83/100 against 62/100 for ProxMenux, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for ProxMenux.

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

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

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