Project Title

quickwit — Cloud-native search engine for observability, offering an open-source alternative to Datadog, Elasticsearch, Loki, and Tempo.

Overview

Quickwit is a high-performance, cloud-native search engine designed for observability, providing log management, distributed tracing, and future metrics support. It stands out with its sub-second search capabilities on cloud storage and compatibility with Elasticsearch clients, making it a robust choice for observability needs.

Key Features

Full-text search and aggregation queries
Elasticsearch-compatible API for seamless integration
Jaeger-native and OTEL-native support for logs and traces
Schemaless or strict schema indexing options
Sub-second search on various cloud storage solutions
Decoupled compute and storage architecture
Grafana data source plugin for visualization

Use Cases

Log management for efficient log data retrieval and analysis
Distributed tracing to monitor and debug microservices architectures
Metrics analysis for performance monitoring (planned feature)

Advantages

Fast search engine with sub-second response times on cloud storage
Elasticsearch API compatibility for easy integration with existing tools
Supports both schemaless and strict schema indexing for flexibility
Kubernetes ready with a helm chart for easy deployment

Limitations / Considerations

Metrics support is currently on the roadmap and not yet available
The project is relatively new, which might mean less community support and fewer plugins compared to more established solutions

Elasticsearch: A widely-used, distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine. Quickwit differentiates itself with its focus on cloud-native architecture and sub-second search on cloud storage.
Loki: A horizontal log aggregation system, designed to be very cost-effective. Quickwit offers a more comprehensive observability solution with additional tracing and future metrics support.
Tempo: A high-performance, easy-to-use, and horizontally scalable distributed tracing system. Quickwit provides a similar tracing solution with the added benefit of a unified search engine for logs and metrics.

Basic Information

GitHub: https://github.com/quickwit-oss/quickwit
Stars: 10,420
License: Apache 2.0
Last Commit: 2025-09-20

📊 Project Information

Project Name: quickwit
GitHub URL: https://github.com/quickwit-oss/quickwit
Programming Language: Rust
⭐ Stars: 10,420
🍴 Forks: 485
📅 Created: 2021-04-13
🔄 Last Updated: 2025-09-20

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