Xapian AlternativesSearch Servers and other similar apps like Xapian

Xapian is described as 'Open source probabilistic information retrieval library, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It full text search engine library for programmers. It is written in C++, with bindings to allow use from Perl, Python, PHP, Java, Tcl, C#, Ruby, and' and is a Search Server in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Xapian for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, Self-Hosted, Mac and Windows apps. The best Xapian alternative is Algolia. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Algolia or Elasticsearch. Other great apps like Xapian are Manticore search, Searchspring, Pagefind and Chroma DB.

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  1. Algolia icon
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    Algolia helps product teams connect their users with information by providing the building blocks they need to create fast, relevant, personalized search.

    70 Algolia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android SDK
    • Ruby
    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • Angular
    • cURL
    • Ruby on Rails
    • Node.JS
    • Objective-C
     
  2. Elasticsearch icon
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    Unmatched relevance. Real-time insights. Anything is possible — when the precision of search meets the intelligence of AI.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. Apache Solr icon
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    Solr is an open source enterprise search server based on Lucene search library, with XML/HTTP and JSON APIs. Its major features include powerful full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, dynamic clustering, database integration, and rich document handling.

    49 Apache Solr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  4. Searchspring provides solutions for online retailers such as site search, personalization, merchandising, and insights. It's compatible with ecommerce platforms like Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, and Miva.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. Pagefind icon
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    Pagefind is a fully static search library that aims to perform well on large sites, while using as little of your users’ bandwidth as possible, and without hosting any infrastructure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Rust
     
  6. Chroma DB icon
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    Open-source search and retrieval database for AI applications.

    54 Chroma DB alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Python
     
  7. Sphinx is a software search engine designed with indexing database content in mind. It currently supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and ODBC-compliant databases as data sources natively. Other data sources can be indexed via pipe in a custom XML format.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Qdrant icon
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    Qdrant (read: quadrant) is a vector similarity search engine and vector database. It provides a production-ready service with a convenient API to store, search, and manage points—vectors with an additional payload Qdrant is tailored to extended filtering support.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Milvus icon
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    Milvus is an open-source vector database built to power embedding similarity search and AI applications. Milvus makes unstructured data search more accessible, and provides a consistent user experience regardless of the deployment environment.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Docker
     
  10. i-Search Pro changes the way of WordPress Search. It’s full WooCommerce compatible. Provide Live search results in milliseconds. Include almost everything in your search results.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
     
  11. OpenSearchServer is an open source application server allowing development of index-based applications like search engines. Main features of OpenSearchServer are : An integrated crawler for databases, web pages and rich documents; a user friendly GUI allowing development of most...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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