Detect Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch is a search engine based on the Lucene library. It provides a distributed, multitenant-capable full-text search engine with an HTTP web interface and schema-free JSON documents.
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Websites using Elasticsearch
36 hostnames in the PluginView corpus for this technology.
| Hostname | Last seen |
|---|---|
| pewinternet.org | 8/3/2026 |
| digiday.com | 8/3/2026 |
| boston.com | 8/3/2026 |
| recipes.net | 8/3/2026 |
| themercury.com.au | 8/3/2026 |
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What a detection means
- Establishes
- One or more public signals on the scanned page matched a known Elasticsearch signature at the time of the scan.
- Does not establish
- A sitewide install of Elasticsearch, an active vendor contract, exclusive use, or that Elasticsearch is still in place today.
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How to check a site for Elasticsearch
- 1. Enter the website URL in the scan form — homepage, pricing, checkout, or login pages usually expose the strongest Elasticsearch signals.
- 2. PluginView reads only public responses and scores them against proprietary Elasticsearch fingerprints. Rule bodies and identifiers are not published.
- 3. Review the confidence score and text explanation for Elasticsearch on the results page.
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FAQ: detecting Elasticsearch
- Can PluginView detect Elasticsearch without logging in?
- Yes. PluginView only reads publicly accessible responses when checking for Elasticsearch. It does not bypass authentication or paywalls.
- What category is Elasticsearch?
- Elasticsearch is classified under Search engines in the PluginView directory.
- Does PluginView publish Elasticsearch fingerprint rules?
- No. Detection uses proprietary fingerprint rules that are not published. Scan results explain matches in plain language without disclosing rule bodies or identifiers.
