Meilisearch
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A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications. observed · 2026-09-21
Health v2 · maintenance only
91/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 82
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 5
- age_days: 3102
- days_rel: 43
- days_push: 33
- n_releases_24m: 90
Adoption not part of the score
59352 stars · 2712 forks observed · 2026-09-21
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-21, confidence 0.98
Meilisearch is an open‑source, lightning‑fast search engine API written in Rust. It provides out‑of‑the‑box full‑text, typo‑tolerant, and geo‑search capabilities for websites and applications.
Use cases
- Add instant, typo‑tolerant search to a product catalog or blog.
- Implement fast site‑wide search for a SaaS dashboard.
- Provide geolocation‑based search for nearby events or stores.
- Build a lightweight search backend for a static site generator.
- Enable AI‑augmented hybrid search combining keyword and vector results.
When to choose
- You need a highly performant search engine that can be deployed quickly.
- You want built‑in typo tolerance, faceting, and geo‑search without extensive configuration.
- You prefer a self‑hosted solution with simple RESTful API integration.
- Your workload fits within the memory‑centric design of Meilisearch (tens of millions of documents).
When to avoid
- You require complex custom ranking models or deep learning‑only vector search.
- Your dataset exceeds the typical size limits for a single‑node Meilisearch instance.
- You need enterprise‑grade security features like fine‑grained access control out of the box.
- You rely on heavy analytics or real‑time streaming integrations not provided by Meilisearch.
Facets
service · maturity active
search-engine web-development e-commerce windows cloud self-hosted typo-tolerance instantsearch hybrid-search full-text-search geosearch ai-powered search data-engineering linux macos docker kubernetes web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch · fetched 2026-09-21 · 9f3b2bfe27cf
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| meilisearch/meilisearch | main | 91 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-js | sdk | 96 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-php | sdk | 90 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-go | sdk | 85 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-python | sdk | 88 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-js-plugins | plugin | 96 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-laravel-scout | plugin | 10 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-rust | sdk | 80 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-rails | sdk | 71 |
| meilisearch/docs-scraper | docs | 49 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-dotnet | sdk | 88 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-kubernetes | infra | 96 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-java | sdk | 92 |
| meilisearch/strapi-plugin-meilisearch | plugin | 95 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-ruby | sdk | 72 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-react | plugin | 10 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-mcp | plugin | 64 |
| meilisearch/docs-searchbar.js | docs | 10 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-vue | plugin | 10 |
| meilisearch/integration-guides | docs | 60 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-symfony | plugin | 77 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-swift | sdk | 60 |
| meilisearch/firestore-meilisearch | plugin | 83 |
| meilisearch/demos | examples | 66 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch-dart | sdk | 75 |
| meilisearch/vuepress-plugin-meilisearch | docs | 10 |
For agents
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