Open Source Algolia AlternativesTop Site Search Engines & Search Servers like Algolia

The best open source alternative to Algolia is Meilisearch. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Elasticsearch or OpenSearch. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Algolia and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Algolia are Apache Solr, Typesense, Manticore search and Chili Search.

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  1. Meilisearch icon

    Meilisearch

     40 likes

    Meilisearch helps you shape a delightful search experience in a snap, offering features that work out-of-the-box to speed up your workflow.

    25 Meilisearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Meilisearch screenshot 1
     
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    Meilisearch vs Algolia Comments
    erlend_sh
    Positive
    3

    The explicit goal of the MeiliSearch project is to provide an open source, self-hostable alternative to Algolia.

    FOSSAltsAreGreat
    Positive
    1

    It is an open source alternative that works great and doesn't have the ability to spy on you by sending all of your data to the owner's server.

    Shayne Fitz-Coy
    Positive
    0

    Solves exactly the problem I'm hoping to solve

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 4 comments
    • Meilisearch is Paid and Open SourceAlgolia is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. Elasticsearch icon

    Elasticsearch

     53 likes

    Unmatched relevance. Real-time insights. Anything is possible — when the precision of search meets the intelligence of AI.

    68 Elasticsearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    Elasticsearch screenshot 1
     
  4. OpenSearch icon

    OpenSearch

     9 likes

    OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source search and analytics suite derived from Apache 2.0 licensed Elasticsearch 7.10.2 & Kibana 7.10.2. It consists of a search engine daemon, and a visualization and user interface, OpenSearch Dashboards.

    37 OpenSearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    OpenSearch Dashboards
     
  5. Apache Solr icon

    Apache Solr

     26 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Azure
    The Velocity Search UI
     
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    Apache Solr vs Algolia Comments
    NishCGX
    Positive
    0

    Much more powerful configuration options, however heavly developer involvement required.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Apache Solr is Free and Open SourceAlgolia is Free Personal and Proprietary
  6. Typesense icon

    Typesense

     6 likes

    An open source, blazing fast, typo tolerant search engine for building delightful search experiences. Focuses on developer happiness and ease of use, with a painless out-of-the-box experience.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7. Manticore search icon

    Manticore search

     8 likes

    Open source search server designed to be fast, scalable and with powerful and accurate full-text search capabilities derived from Sphinx search project.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    windows 10 installation fail
     
  9. Chili Search icon

    Chili Search

     Like

    Chili Search replaces the WordPress default search with a lightning fast, full-ajax and accurate search.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • HTML
    • Wordpress
    Chili Search screenshot 1
     
  10. RediSearch icon

    RediSearch

     3 likes

    Redisearch implements a search engine on top of Redis, but unlike other Redis search libraries, it does not use internal data structures like sorted sets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. ItemsAPI icon

    ItemsAPI

     4 likes

    The goal of ItemsAPI is creating search application without spending time for backend. You just provide json data and your backend is ready to go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • elasticsearch
    • Heroku
    • Node.JS
    ItemsAPI with angular dashboard
     
  12. Vespa icon

    Vespa

     1 like

    Vespa is an engine for low-latency computation over large data sets. It stores and indexes your data such that queries, selection and processing over the data can be performed at serving time.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  13. Jina Neural Search icon

    Jina Neural Search

     Like

    Open-source neural search framework for text, images, audio, or video. Leverages pre-trained neural network algorithms to index and query data without need for complex rules and fragile pipelines.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Image to image search
     
  14. Appbase.io icon

    Appbase.io

     Like

    Appbase.io provides a supercharged Elasticsearch experience with a #nocode relevance control plane (or JS UI components or a declarative REST API) and out-of-the-box search/click analytics and insights.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • elasticsearch
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Appbase.io screenshot 1
     
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