Fess

Powerful and easily deployable Enterprise Search Server.

Actively maintained
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At a glance

GitHub stars
1.1k
Last activity
2026-11-02
Latest release
fess-15.9.0
2026-10-15
Commits (12 mo)
711
License
Apache-2.0
Language / platform
Java, Docker

Maintenance health: Actively maintained — Commits in the last 3 months.

Run Fess yourself

  • RAM: ~2 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: yes — image codelibs/fess on Docker Hub (292.3k pulls)

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr2 GB$10Deploy →
DigitalOcean2 GB$12Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)2 GB$12Deploy →

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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