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elasticsearchvsWindsurfAPI

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

elasticsearchWindsurfAPI
Score83/10030/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#122 of 125 in AI
GitHub stars78 4293 110
Stars, last 30 days+460—
Stable releases, 12 months328
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026v3.141.592657 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupAdvanced—
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageJavaJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 83/100 against 30/100 for WindsurfAPI, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for WindsurfAPI.

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+460 stars in 30 days).

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