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elasticsearchvsXibo CMS

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

elasticsearchXibo CMS
Score83/10059/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#2 of 7 in Digital Signage
GitHub stars78 429517
Stars, last 30 days+460—
Stable releases, 12 months327
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 20264.5.5 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 83/100 against 59/100 for Xibo CMS, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for Xibo CMS.

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

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

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