= Community Contributed Clients

: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:

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


[[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].

[[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.

[[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/Tomesch/elasticsearch[elasticsearch]
  R client for Elasticsearch

* 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.

[[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

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

* 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