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Overview
Developed byYahoo
Maintained byVerizon Media
Founded2017
LicenseApache License 2.0
Open source✓ Open Source
Primary languageJava
Use casebig data search and selection
Technical
Protocols
REST APIHTTPJSONgRPC
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Alternative to
ElasticsearchApache Solr
Competes with
Elasticsearch
Knowledge graph stats
Claims44
Avg confidence91%
Avg freshness99%
Last updatedUpdated 5 days ago
WikidataQ334422
Trust distribution
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Big data serving engine that supports vector search alongside traditional text search and structured data.

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pricing model

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
open source○UnverifiedHighFresh1
free○UnverifiedHighFresh1
free open source○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports format

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JSON○UnverifiedHighFresh1

open sourced year

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2017○UnverifiedHighFresh1

primary use case

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big data search and selection○UnverifiedHighFresh1
big data search and machine learning○UnverifiedHighFresh1
real-time big data serving and search○UnverifiedHighFresh1
machine learning inference at scale○UnverifiedHighFresh1
real-time search and recommendation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
real-time search○UnverifiedHighFresh1
real-time big data serving and searching○UnverifiedHighFresh1
big data serving engine○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports feature

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vector search○UnverifiedHighFresh1
real-time indexing○UnverifiedHighFresh1
machine learning inference○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

supports protocol

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REST API○UnverifiedHighFresh1
HTTP○UnverifiedHighFresh1
JSON○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
gRPC○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

license type

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Apache License 2.0○UnverifiedHighFresh1

developed by

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Yahoo○UnverifiedHighFresh1

open source

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true○UnverifiedHighFresh1

first released

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2017○UnverifiedHighFresh1

requires

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Java○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Java 11○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Java 11 or higher○UnverifiedHighFresh1

programming language

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Java○UnverifiedHighFresh1

written in

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Java○UnverifiedHighFresh1
C++○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

maintained by

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Verizon Media○UnverifiedHighFresh1

founded year

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2017○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports model

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machine learning ranking○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
machine learning models○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
ONNX○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

integrates with

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Docker○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Hadoop○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Apache Spark○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
ONNX○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Apache Kafka○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
TensorFlow○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

alternative to

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Elasticsearch○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Apache Solr○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

competes with

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Elasticsearch○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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