OpenSearch/docs/community-clients/index.asciidoc

= Community Contributed Clients

[preface]
== Preface
:client: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client

Besides the link:/guide[officially supported Elasticsearch clients], there are
a number of clients that have been contributed by the community for various languages:

* <<b4j>>
* <<clojure>>
* <<cold-fusion>>
* <<erlang>>
* <<go>>
* <<groovy>>
* <<haskell>>
* <<java>>
* <<javascript>>
* <<kotlin>>
* <<lua>>
* <<dotnet>>
* <<ocaml>>
* <<perl>>
* <<php>>
* <<python>>
* <<r>>
* <<ruby>>
* <<scala>>
* <<smalltalk>>
* <<vertx>>

[[b4j]]
== B4J
* https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/server-jelasticsearch-search-and-text-analytics.73335/
  B4J client based on the official Java REST client.

[[clojure]]
== Clojure

* http://github.com/clojurewerkz/elastisch[Elastisch]:
  Clojure client.

[[cold-fusion]]
== Cold Fusion

The following project appears to be abandoned:

* https://github.com/jasonfill/ColdFusion-ElasticSearch-Client[ColdFusion-Elasticsearch-Client]
  Cold Fusion client for Elasticsearch

[[erlang]]
== Erlang

* http://github.com/tsloughter/erlastic_search[erlastic_search]:
  Erlang client using HTTP.

* https://github.com/dieswaytoofast/erlasticsearch[erlasticsearch]:
  Erlang client using Thrift.

* https://github.com/datahogs/tirexs[Tirexs]:
  An https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir[Elixir] based API/DSL, inspired by
  http://github.com/karmi/tire[Tire]. Ready to use in pure Erlang
  environment.


[[go]]
== Go

* https://github.com/mattbaird/elastigo[elastigo]:
  Go client.

* https://github.com/belogik/goes[goes]:
  Go lib.

* https://github.com/olivere/elastic[elastic]:
  Elasticsearch client for Google Go.


[[groovy]]
== Groovy

See the {client}/groovy-api/current/index.html[official Elasticsearch Groovy client].

[[haskell]]
== Haskell
* https://github.com/bitemyapp/bloodhound[bloodhound]:
  Haskell client and DSL.


[[java]]
== Java

Also see the {client}/java-api/current/index.html[official Elasticsearch Java client].

* [Flummi](https://github.com/otto-de/flummi):
  Java Rest client with comprehensive query DSL API
* https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest[Jest]:
  Java Rest client.

[[javascript]]
== JavaScript

Also see the {client}/javascript-api/current/index.html[official Elasticsearch JavaScript client].

* https://github.com/fullscale/elastic.js[Elastic.js]:
  A JavaScript implementation of the Elasticsearch Query DSL and Core API.

* https://github.com/printercu/elastics[elastics]: Simple tiny client that just works

* https://github.com/roundscope/ember-data-elasticsearch-kit[ember-data-elasticsearch-kit]:
  An ember-data kit for both pushing and querying objects to Elasticsearch cluster

The following project appears to be abandoned:

* https://github.com/ramv/node-elastical[node-elastical]:
  Node.js client for the Elasticsearch REST API

[[kotlin]]
== kotlin

* https://github.com/mbuhot/eskotlin[ES Kotlin]:
  Elasticsearch Query DSL for kotlin based on the {client}/java-api/current/index.html[official Elasticsearch Java client].

[[lua]]
== Lua

* https://github.com/DhavalKapil/elasticsearch-lua[elasticsearch-lua]:
  Lua client for elasticsearch

[[dotnet]]
== .NET

Also see the {client}/net-api/current/index.html[official Elasticsearch .NET client].

* https://github.com/Yegoroff/PlainElastic.Net[PlainElastic.Net]:
  .NET client.

[[ocaml]]
== OCaml

The following project appears to be abandoned:

* https://github.com/tovbinm/ocaml-elasticsearch[ocaml-elasticsearch]:
  OCaml client for Elasticsearch

[[perl]]
== Perl

Also see the {client}/perl-api/current/index.html[official Elasticsearch Perl client].

* https://metacpan.org/pod/Elastijk[Elastijk]: A low level minimal HTTP client.


[[php]]
== PHP

Also see the {client}/php-api/current/index.html[official Elasticsearch PHP client].

* http://github.com/ruflin/Elastica[Elastica]:
  PHP client.

* http://github.com/nervetattoo/elasticsearch[elasticsearch] PHP client.

* https://github.com/madewithlove/elasticsearcher[elasticsearcher] Agnostic lightweight package on top of the Elasticsearch PHP client. Its main goal is to allow for easier structuring of queries and indices in your application.  It does not want to hide or replace functionality of the Elasticsearch PHP client.

[[python]]
== Python

Also see the {client}/python-api/current/index.html[official Elasticsearch Python client].

* http://github.com/rhec/pyelasticsearch[pyelasticsearch]:
  Python client.

* https://github.com/eriky/ESClient[ESClient]:
  A lightweight and easy to use Python client for Elasticsearch.

* https://github.com/mozilla/elasticutils/[elasticutils]:
  A friendly chainable Elasticsearch interface for Python.

* http://github.com/aparo/pyes[pyes]:
  Python client.

The following projects appear to be abandoned:

* https://github.com/humangeo/rawes[rawes]:
  Python low level client.

* http://intridea.github.io/surfiki-refine-elasticsearch/[Surfiki Refine]:
  Python Map-Reduce engine targeting Elasticsearch indices.

[[r]]
== R

* https://github.com/ropensci/elastic[elastic]:
  A low-level R client for Elasticsearch.

* https://github.com/ropensci/elasticdsl[elasticdsl]:
  A high-level R DSL for Elasticsearch, wrapping the elastic R client.

The following projects appear to be abandoned:

* https://github.com/Tomesch/elasticsearch[elasticsearch]
  R client for Elasticsearch

[[ruby]]
== Ruby

Also see the {client}/ruby-api/current/index.html[official Elasticsearch Ruby client].

* https://github.com/PoseBiz/stretcher[stretcher]:
  Ruby client.

* https://github.com/printercu/elastics-rb[elastics]:
  Tiny client with built-in zero-downtime migrations and ActiveRecord integration.

* https://github.com/toptal/chewy[chewy]:
  Chewy is ODM and wrapper for official elasticsearch client

* https://github.com/ankane/searchkick[Searchkick]:
  Intelligent search made easy

* https://github.com/artsy/estella[Estella]:
  Make your Ruby models searchable

The following projects appear to be abandoned:

* https://github.com/wireframe/elastic_searchable/[elastic_searchable]:
  Ruby client + Rails integration.

* https://github.com/ddnexus/flex[Flex]:
  Ruby Client.



[[scala]]
== Scala

* https://github.com/sksamuel/elastic4s[elastic4s]:
  Scala DSL.

* https://github.com/scalastuff/esclient[esclient]:
  Thin Scala client.

* https://github.com/gphat/wabisabi[wabisabi]:
  Asynchronous REST API Scala client.

* https://github.com/SumoLogic/elasticsearch-client[elasticsearch-client]:
  Scala DSL that uses the REST API. Akka and AWS helpers included.

The following project appears to be abandoned:

* https://github.com/bsadeh/scalastic[scalastic]:
  Scala client.


[[smalltalk]]
== Smalltalk

* https://github.com/newapplesho/elasticsearch-smalltalk[elasticsearch-smalltalk] -
  Pharo Smalltalk client for Elasticsearch

* http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/Elasticsearch.html[Elasticsearch] -
  Smalltalk client for Elasticsearch


[[vertx]]
== Vert.x

* https://github.com/goodow/realtime-search[realtime-search]:
  Elasticsearch module for Vert.x