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elasticsearchvsUniBoard

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

elasticsearchUniBoard
Score84/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#28 of 38 in Personal Productivity
GitHub stars78 427242
Stars, last 30 days+447+0
Stable releases, 12 months323
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 20260.6.2 · 12 Jul 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageJavaVue

Which one should you pick?

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

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

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

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

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