# mobz/elasticsearch-head

A web front end for an elastic search cluster

Repository: https://github.com/mobz/elasticsearch-head
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/elasticsearch-head
Homepage: http://mobz.github.io/elasticsearch-head/
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-07-17T10:21:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5558, "days_push": 1873, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9472, forks 2017 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:31.292444+00:00)

## What it is
elasticsearch-head is a web front end for browsing and interacting with an Elasticsearch cluster. It provides cluster topology views, search interfaces with JSON or tabular results, and an arbitrary RESTful API client.

## Use cases
- browse and manage an elasticsearch cluster from a browser
- inspect cluster topology, nodes, and index health
- run ad-hoc queries against elasticsearch and view results as json or tables
- send arbitrary REST API requests to elasticsearch with a JSON validator
- chart repeated elasticsearch queries over time
- monitor cluster status via quick-access tabs

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight browser-based UI for an Elasticsearch cluster
- you need to explore indices, shards, and node-level operations visually
- you want to test and repeat REST API calls against Elasticsearch

## When to avoid
- you use Elasticsearch 8.x or newer, where the plugin is unsupported and Kibana Dev Tools is preferred
- you need production-grade monitoring, alerting, or dashboards
- you need a maintained tool with an active release cadence

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: search-engine, data-visualization, developer-tools
- domain: databases, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: elasticsearch, cluster-management, web-frontend, rest-client, admin-ui, search, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- mobz/elasticsearch-head (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:31.292444+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 2026-08-29T17:22:04.818910+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: http://mobz.github.io/elasticsearch-head/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:12.425046+00:00, sha f87acee85cc0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.