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

What’s new

New in version 2.9, OpenSearch introduces extensions—an easier-to-develop and more secure alternative to plugins—to simplify creating custom functionality for OpenSearch. To learn more about building extensions using OpenSearch SDK for Java, see Extensions.