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elasticsearchvsRelayPanel

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

elasticsearchRelayPanel
Score84/10048/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#23 of 34 in Network Management
GitHub stars78 428216
Stars, last 30 days+448+0
Stable releases, 12 months3210
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026v1.2.17 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageJavaRust

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 84/100 against 48/100 for RelayPanel, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for RelayPanel.

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

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+448 stars in 30 days).

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