Elasticsearch vs OpenSearch vs Meilisearch
A side-by-side look at how actively Elasticsearch, OpenSearch and Meilisearch are developed on GitHub — popularity, contributor base, commit activity and how quickly issues and pull requests move.
What the numbers say
- Elasticsearch is the most-starred of the 3, with 78k stars — about 5.7× OpenSearch's 14k.
- Over the 52 weeks to the snapshot, Elasticsearch recorded the most commits (14k), against 1.5k for OpenSearch.
- Elasticsearch has closed or merged the most pull requests in its lifetime: 111k.
- Relative to its popularity, Meilisearch carries the lightest open-issue load: 4.1 open issues per 1,000 stars, versus 182.5 for OpenSearch.
Head-to-head
Snapshot taken 30 September 2026.
| Metric | Elasticsearch Active | OpenSearch Slowing | Meilisearch Active |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 78k | 14k | 59k |
| Forks | 26k | 3.0k | 2.7k |
| Contributors | 2.6k | 2.2k | 259 |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 14k | 1.5k | 2.0k |
| Open issues | 4.8k | 2.5k | 244 |
| Open pull requests | 1.3k | 682 | 74 |
| Closed / merged PRs | 111k | 14k | 3.1k |
| Watchers | 2.6k | 186 | 299 |
| Last push | 30 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Latest release | v9.5.4 (Sep 2026) | 3.9.0 (Sep 2026) | v1.54.2 (Sep 2026) |
| Main language | Java | Java | Rust |
| Licence | Not detected by GitHub | Apache-2.0 | Not detected by GitHub |
| Created | Feb 2010 | Jan 2021 | Apr 2018 |
Bold marks the highest value in a row. “Active / Slowing / Dormant” is a simple heuristic from how recently code was pushed and open issues per star — a starting point, not a verdict. Stars measure popularity, not quality.
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