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elasticsearchvsTigase XMPP Server

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

elasticsearchTigase XMPP Server
Score84/10056/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#30 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars78 428358
Stars, last 30 days+448+0
Stable releases, 12 months323
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026tigase-server-dist-8.4.3 · 4 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaJava

Which one should you pick?

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

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

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

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