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elasticsearchvswlgblock

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

elasticsearchwlgblock
Score83/10034/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#72 of 78 in Security
GitHub stars78 429177
Stars, last 30 days+460—
Stable releases, 12 months320
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageJavaC

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 83/100 against 34/100 for wlgblock, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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