elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide resource
The Definitive Guide to Elasticsearch observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4658
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1808
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3570 stars · 2795 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
The source repository for the legacy 'Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide' book, written in Asciidoc and covering Elasticsearch 1.x and 2.x. It is no longer maintained and has been superseded by the current official Elasticsearch documentation.
Use cases
- learn elasticsearch fundamentals from a book-style guide
- understand legacy elasticsearch 1.x and 2.x behavior
- find examples of distributed search and aggregation concepts
- study asciidoc documentation source for a technical book
When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy Elasticsearch 1.x or 2.x cluster
- you want conceptual explanations of core search and aggregation ideas that still apply
When to avoid
- you are using modern Elasticsearch 7.x or later
- you need up-to-date, maintained documentation
- you need a redistributable or derivative work (CC BY-NC-ND license)
Facets
learning-resource · maturity abandoned
documentation search-engine databases tutorials documentation elasticsearch asciidoc legacy-docs book search web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3e8903c2bef1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide")
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