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elasticsearchvsxpipe-webtop

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

elasticsearchxpipe-webtop
Score84/10070/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#5 of 23 in Remote Access
GitHub stars78 42814 632
Stars, last 30 days+448+74
Stable releases, 12 months3235
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 202624.9 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageJavaJava

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 84/100 against 70/100 for xpipe-webtop, so it is the safer default.

xpipe-webtop ships more often: 35 stable releases in the past year, against 32 for elasticsearch.

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

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

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