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elasticsearchvsResourceSpace

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

elasticsearchResourceSpace
Score83/10064/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#15 of 142 in Media Management
GitHub stars78 420—
Stars, last 30 days+451—
Stable releases, 12 months320
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherBSD-3-Clause
Main languageJava—

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 83/100 against 64/100 for ResourceSpace, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ResourceSpace.

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

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+451 stars in 30 days).

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