Opensearch project by opensearch-project

Open source distributed and RESTful search engine.

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Verdict 78/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 29 days ago

Self-host Opensearch project on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
78 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
13k
2.5k forks

About Opensearch project

From the project's README at github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

[](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/main/LICENSE.txt) [](https://insights.linuxfoundation.org/project/opensearch-foundation) [](https://insights.linuxfoundation.org/project/opensearch-foundation) [](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/6556) [](https://codecov.io/gh/opensearch-project/OpenSearch)

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OpenSearch is an open-source, enterprise-grade search and observability suite that brings order to unstructured data at sc

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
96
maturity
100
community
83
security
85
sustainability
65
adoption
39

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

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GitHub stars 13k github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch
GitHub forks 2.5k github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age5.3 yearssince Jan 2021
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped66last: 29 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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