The New Stack Podcast OpenSearch: How the Project Went from Fork to Foundation
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Nov 26, 2024 Anandhi Bumstead, Director of Software Engineering at AWS, shares insights on OpenSearch’s fascinating evolution from a fork of Elasticsearch to a project under the Linux Foundation. She discusses the importance of neutral governance and community engagement, enhancing its versatility across analytics and security. Performance boosts are notable, with the latest release showing 6.5x faster query performance. Anandhi emphasizes the need for open source innovation, calling for community contributions to further elevate OpenSearch’s capabilities, especially in AI integration.
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OpenSearch Origin
- OpenSearch originated from Elasticsearch in early 2021 due to Elasticsearch's restrictive relicensing.
- The decision to fork was community-driven, focusing on an Apache 2.0 licensed alternative.
Foundation Move
- OpenSearch's move to the Linux Foundation aims to foster neutral governance and broader community involvement.
- The Linux Foundation's established presence will also boost OpenSearch's brand awareness.
OpenSearch Use Cases
- OpenSearch is a versatile data ingestion and analytics engine with diverse applications.
- Use cases range from observability and log analytics to security, alerting, and semantic/hybrid search, especially with generative AI.