Developer documentation

We welcome your contributions to the OpenSearch Project. Here are some helpful links to explore the OpenSearch repositories and learn how to contribute:

• OpenSearch Project GitHub repo
• Javadoc documentation
• Getting started as an OpenSearch contributor
• OpenSearch Dashboards Developer Guide
• OpenSearch release schedule and maintenance policy
• OpenSearch Project roadmap
• OpenSearch Community Forum

In this section

• Plugin as a service: Enables stateless OpenSearch plugins using external data stores, such as a remote OpenSearch cluster or cloud storage services.
• Extensions: An easier-to-develop and more secure alternative to plugins that simplifies creating custom functionality for OpenSearch.