toptal/chewy

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1901 stars · 375 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Chewy is a high-level Elasticsearch ODM (Object Document Mapper) for Ruby, built on top of the official elasticsearch-ruby client. It provides ActiveRecord-style index definitions, automatic index updates on model changes, bulk/atomic reindexing, and a chainable query DSL.

Use cases

• index ActiveRecord models into Elasticsearch with automatic sync on save
• denormalize related data like tags into a single searchable document
• perform full reindexing using the Elasticsearch bulk API
• build chainable, lazy Elasticsearch queries with an ActiveRecord-like DSL
• keep indexes updated atomically when multiple related models change

When to choose

• you use Ruby/Rails with ActiveRecord and want idiomatic Elasticsearch integration
• you need automatic index updates triggered by model changes
• you want bulk and atomic reindexing without writing raw client code
• you prefer a query DSL over hand-writing JSON query bodies

When to avoid

• you use a language other than Ruby
• you need a search engine other than Elasticsearch
• you want a lightweight wrapper and prefer calling the raw Elasticsearch client directly
• you need OpenSearch-specific features outside the supported Elasticsearch versions

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orm search-engine database-driver databases web-development backend ruby elasticsearch odm activerecord indexing rails search

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