OpenSearch (software)

OpenSearch Dashboards
Developer(s)	OpenSearch Software Foundation
Initial release	12 April 2021
Stable release	3.0.0 / 6 May 2025
Repository	github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-dashboards
Written in	TypeScript, JavaScript
Type	Search engine
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	www.opensearch.org

OpenSearch
Original author(s)	Amazon Web Services
Developer(s)	OpenSearch Software Foundation
Initial release	12 April 2021
Stable release	3.0.0 / 6 May 2025
Repository	github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch
Written in	Java
Type	Search engine
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	www.opensearch.org

OpenSearch is a family of software consisting of a search engine (also named OpenSearch), and OpenSearch Dashboards, a data visualization dashboard for that search engine.^[2] It is an open-source project developed by the OpenSearch Software Foundation (a Linux Foundation project) written primarily in Java.

As of August 2024, AWS reported that OpenSearch had "tens of thousands" of customers,^[3] while Elastic claimed to have over 20,000 subscribers.^[4] In the preceding year, OpenSearch had about 50 monthly contributors^[5] while ElasticSearch had between 70 and 90.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Release 3.0.0 · opensearch-project/OpenSearch". Retrieved 9 May 2025.
^ Christina Cardoza (April 13, 2021). "Amazon announces OpenSearch, an open-source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana". Software Development Times. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
^ "Modernize your data observability with Amazon OpenSearch Service zero-ETL integration with Amazon S3 | AWS Big Data Blog". aws.amazon.com. 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
^ "Elastic Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2025 Financial Results". 2024-08-29.
^ "OpenSearch Open Source Project on Open Hub: Contributors". openhub.net. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
^ "Elasticsearch Open Source Project on Open Hub: Contributors". openhub.net. Retrieved 2024-08-31.

[wikidata-fa58bb754f90743fe948e2cf4d25294420d6c8cb-v18-1] "Release 3.0.0 · opensearch-project/OpenSearch". Retrieved 9 May 2025.

[sdt-2] Christina Cardoza (April 13, 2021). "Amazon announces OpenSearch, an open-source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana". Software Development Times. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

[3] "Modernize your data observability with Amazon OpenSearch Service zero-ETL integration with Amazon S3 | AWS Big Data Blog". aws.amazon.com. 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-08-31.

[4] "Elastic Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2025 Financial Results". 2024-08-29.

[5] "OpenSearch Open Source Project on Open Hub: Contributors". openhub.net. Retrieved 2024-08-31.

[6] "Elasticsearch Open Source Project on Open Hub: Contributors". openhub.net. Retrieved 2024-08-31.

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