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elasticsearchvsTwake Chat

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

elasticsearchTwake Chat
Score84/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#64 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars78 428172
Stars, last 30 days+448+0
Stable releases, 12 months3210
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026v2.26.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaDart

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 84/100 against 46/100 for Twake Chat, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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