OpenSearch (software)

OpenSearch is a family of software services consinting of a search engine (also named OpenSearch), and OpenSearch Dashboards which is a data visualization dashboard for that same search engine. The services started in 2021 as a fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana, with development led by Amazon Web Services.

History

The project was created after Elastic NV changed the license of these services away from the open-source Apache License in favour of the Server Side Public License (SSPL). Amazon intends to build an open community with many stakeholders, however currently only Amazon Web Services has maintainership status and access to the source code repositories. Other companies such as SAP, Red Hat, Logz.io, and others have also announced an interest in building or join a community of continuing Elastic's former open-source software products.

OpenSearch

OpenSearch is a Lucene-based search engine that started as fork of the Elasticsearch service. It has Elastic NV Intellectual property and telemetry removed, and is under the Apache License. The maintainers have made a commitment to remain compatible at this time, but it may diverge over time.

OpenSearch Dashboards

OpenSearch Dashboards started as a fork of Elastic's Kibana product, and is also under the Apache License.

See also

• Elasticsearch#Licensing changes