Catalog Systems Search platforms (non-memory) Quickwit

Quickwit

https://quickwit.io/

Open-source distributed search engine for logs/traces — cloud-native (object storage as primary tier). Acquired by Datadog 2024.

Acquired. acquired by Datadog Source · Alternatives and migration notes →

Acquired · Verified 2026-10-29 · fresh as of 2026-10-29 · 20 cited facts, 3 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction

At a glance

Type
Log + event search engine vendor fix
Tier
T2
Section
Search platforms (non-memory)
Created
2021 vendor fix
Latest release
searched not found fix
License
Apache-2.0 repo fix
GitHub
quickwit-oss/quickwit — ~11.6k stars, active (commit date not captured) repo fix
Pricing
free (OSS) repo fix
Funding
Acquired by Datadog 2024-12 (terms undisclosed); previously raised €2.7M seed 2021 (Lightspeed France). third-party fix
Freshness
2026-10-29 fix
Layer
model-infra repo fix
Licensing
open-source repo fix
Deployment locus
local vendor fix
Platform vs product
platform repo fix
SDK languages
rest vendor fix
Protocols
opentelemetry repo fix
Developer activity
OpenRank 14.45 (12-mo avg 11.47) · 40 participants — 2026-09 third-party fix

When to use

Optimised for: searched not found

Anti-fit: searched not found

Pros & cons

Pros

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Cons

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Claims & capabilities

Rust-based observability search engine; acquired by Datadog 2024-12; same team behind Tantivy OSS.

Technical surface

API surface
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Backend storage
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Deployment
Self-hosted only — OSS distributed search engine on object storage
Embedding model
searched not found
Multi-tenancy
searched not found
MCP
searched not found
A2A
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OpenTelemetry
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  • Tantivy T2

    Rust port of Lucene — embedded full-text search engine. Underlies Quickwit, Lnx, Bayard. Used in Meilisearch and many in-process search engines.

Sources (19 cited facts, 3 third-party)

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What changed

Changes to this record's lifecycle, licence, release, pricing and hosting facts, from the catalog's git history. Subscribe (Atom)

  1. 2026-10-26
    • License “AGPL-3.0” → “Apache-2.0” source
    • Pricing first recorded as “free (OSS)” source
    • Deployment first recorded as “Self-hosted only — OSS distributed search engine on object storage” source
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