# elastic/curator

Curator: Tending your Elasticsearch indices

Repository: https://github.com/elastic/curator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/elastic-curator
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-04-28T14:30:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 79, release rhythm 50, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4761, "days_push": 127, "days_rel": 334, "gap_med": 18, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3081, forks 628 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:41.882037+00:00)

## What it is
Elasticsearch Curator is a Python command-line tool for managing Elasticsearch indices, including deleting, closing, snapshotting, and other lifecycle actions driven by declarative configuration files. It supports version-matched releases for Elasticsearch 6.x through 8.x.

## Use cases
- delete old elasticsearch indices automatically
- manage elasticsearch index lifecycle
- snapshot elasticsearch indices on a schedule
- close or force-merge stale elasticsearch indices
- clean up log indices in elasticsearch
- automate elasticsearch index retention policies

## When to choose
- you run self-managed Elasticsearch and need automated index cleanup or snapshots
- you want declarative, scriptable index management via cron or CI
- you need version-matched tooling for Elasticsearch 6.x-8.x

## When to avoid
- you use Elastic Cloud or ILM (index lifecycle management) features that handle retention natively
- you need a GUI or dashboard-based cluster management tool
- you only use OpenSearch, which has diverged from Elasticsearch APIs

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, database, developer-tools, scheduling
- domain: databases, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, windows
- tags: elasticsearch, index-management, index-lifecycle, snapshot-management, log-retention, search, devops, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- elastic/curator (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.882037+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:27:49.755587+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/elastic/curator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.882037+00:00, sha b731df6738d0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.