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elasticsearchvsZero to JupyterHub with Kubernetes

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

elasticsearchZero to JupyterHub with Kubernetes
Score83/10064/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#4 of 11 in Container Orchestration
GitHub stars78 4251 725
Stars, last 30 days+456—
Stable releases, 12 months329
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 20264.4.4 · 20 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 83/100 against 64/100 for Zero to JupyterHub with Kubernetes, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for Zero to JupyterHub with Kubernetes.

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+456 stars in 30 days).

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