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elasticsearchvsTryton

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

elasticsearchTryton
Score83/10068/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#3 of 14 in ERP
GitHub stars78 421—
Stars, last 30 days+452—
Stable releases, 12 months320
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageJava—

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 83/100 against 68/100 for Tryton, so it is the safer default.

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

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+452 stars in 30 days).

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