Open Source Algolia AlternativesSite Search Engines and other similar apps like Algolia

The best open source alternative to Algolia is Elasticsearch. 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 Meilisearch, OpenSearch, Apache Solr and RediSearch.

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

    70 Elasticsearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
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  2. Meilisearch icon
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    Meilisearch helps you shape a delightful search experience in a snap, offering features that work out-of-the-box to speed up your workflow.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  3. OpenSearch icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  4. 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.

    51 Apache Solr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Azure
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  5. RediSearch icon
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    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
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  6. Typesense icon
     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)
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  7. 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
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  8. ItemsAPI icon
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    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
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  9. Vespa icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. 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.

    63 Qdrant alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  11. 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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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