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The Definitive Guide to Elasticsearch observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide · homepage · HTML · NOASSERTION (other) · archived 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

Full methodology

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legacy 'Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide' book, written in Asciidoc and covering Elasticsearch 1.x and 2.x. It is no longer maintained and has been superseded by the current official Elasticsearch documentation.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

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guidemain10

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide")

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