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elasticsearchvsrustypaste

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

elasticsearchrustypaste
Score84/10056/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#32 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars78 4271 214
Stars, last 30 days+447+7
Stable releases, 12 months323
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026v0.18.1 · 7 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageJavaRust

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 84/100 against 56/100 for rustypaste, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for rustypaste.

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

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+447 stars in 30 days).

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