Aleph
Tool for indexing large amounts of both documents (PDF, Word, HTML) and structured (CSV, XLS, SQL) data for easy browsing and search. It is built with investigative reporting as a primary use case.
At a glance
- GitHub stars
- 2.5k
- Forks
- 369
- Open issues & PRs
- 372
- Last activity
- 2026-02-20
- Latest release
- 4.1.7
2025-10-27 - Commits (12 mo)
- 4
- License
- MIT
- Language / platform
- Docker, K8S
Maintenance health: Maintained — Activity within the last 12 months. GitHub data fetched 2026-11-03.
Run Aleph yourself
- RAM: ~2 GB server (1 vCPU)
- Docker: yes — image
alephdata/alephon Docker Hub (2308.8k pulls)
Estimated monthly server cost
| Provider | Plan size | ~ USD / month | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vultr | 2 GB | $10 | Deploy → |
| DigitalOcean | 2 GB | $12 | Deploy → |
| Akamai (Linode) | 2 GB | $12 | Deploy → |
Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.
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