= Community Contributed Clients

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

[NOTE]
====
This is a list of clients submitted by members of the Elastic community.
Elastic does not support or endorse these clients.

If you'd like to add a new client to this list, please
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#contributing-code-and-documentation-changes[open a pull request].
====

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>>
* <<cpp>>
* <<clojure>>
* <<coldfusion>>
* <<erlang>>
* <<go>>
* <<haskell>>
* <<java>>
* <<javascript>>
* <<kotlin>>
* <<lua>>
* <<dotnet>>
* <<perl>>
* <<php>>
* <<python>>
* <<r>>
* <<ruby>>
* <<rust>>
* <<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.

[[cpp]]
== C++
* https://github.com/seznam/elasticlient[elasticlient]: simple library for simplified work with Elasticsearch in C++

[[clojure]]
== Clojure

* https://github.com/mpenet/spandex[Spandex]: 
  Clojure client, based on the new official low level rest-client.

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

[[coldfusion]]
== ColdFusion (CFML)

* https://www.forgebox.io/view/cbelasticsearch[cbElasticSearch]
  Native ColdFusion (CFML) support for the ColdBox MVC Platform which provides you with a fluent search interface for Elasticsearch, in addition to a CacheBox Cache provider and a Logbox Appender for logging.

[[erlang]]
== Erlang

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

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

* https://github.com/sashman/elasticsearch_elixir_bulk_processor[Elixir Bulk Processor]:
  Dynamically configurable Elixir port of the [Bulk Processor](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api/current/java-docs-bulk-processor.html). Implemented using GenStages to handle backpressure.

[[go]]
== Go

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

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

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

* https://github.com/otto-de/flummi[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].

[[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].
  
* https://github.com/jillesvangurp/es-kotlin-wrapper-client[ES Kotlin Wrapper Client]: 
  Kotlin extension functions and abstractions for the {client}/java-api/current/index.html[official Elasticsearch Highlevel Client]. Aims to reduce the amount of boilerplate needed to do searches, bulk indexing and other common things users do with the 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].

[[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].

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

* https://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].

[[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.
  
* https://github.com/UptakeOpenSource/uptasticsearch[uptasticsearch]:
  An R client tailored to data science workflows.

[[ruby]]
== Ruby

Also see the {client}/ruby-api/current/index.html[official Elasticsearch 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 an ODM and wrapper for the official Elasticsearch client

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

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

[[rust]]
== Rust

* https://github.com/benashford/rs-es[rs-es]:
  A REST API client with a strongly-typed Query DSL.

* https://github.com/elastic-rs/elastic[elastic]:
  A modular REST API client that supports freeform queries.
  
[[scala]]
== Scala

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

* https://github.com/gphat/wabisabi[wabisabi]:
  Asynchronous REST API Scala client.
  
* https://github.com/workday/escalar[escalar]:
  Type-safe Scala wrapper for the REST API.

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

[[smalltalk]]
== Smalltalk

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

[[vertx]]
== Vert.x

* https://github.com/reactiverse/elasticsearch-client[elasticsearch-client]:
  An Elasticsearch client for Eclipse Vert.x