Fuse.js Alternatives

Fuse.js is described as 'Generally speaking, fuzzy searching (more formally known as approximate string matching) is the technique of finding strings that are approximately equal to a given pattern (rather than exactly)' and is an website in the development category. There are five alternatives to Fuse.js, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux and UNIX Web Browser apps. The best Fuse.js alternative is Apache Solr, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Fuse.js are Sphinx (search engine), Elasticlunr, Lunr.js and uFuzzy.

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  1. 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.

    48 Apache Solr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Azure
     
    • Apache Solr is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Fuse.js.

    • Apache Solr is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Fuse.js.

    • Apache Solr is Free and Open SourceFuse.js is also Free and Open Source
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    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.

    45 Sphinx (search engine) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Elasticlunr.js, lightweight full-text search engine in Javascript for browser search and offline search. Elasticlunr.js is developed based on Lunr.js, but more flexible than lunr.js. Elasticlunr.js provides Query-Time boosting and field search.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Lunr.js icon
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    Lunr Search is a compact, full-featured search tool that doesn't require external server-side services. It offers language processors for accurate user query results and can be adjusted to suit your content. Lunr works in your browser or on a server with node.

    10 Lunr.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Web Browser
     
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    Fuzzy is a fuzzy search library designed to match a relatively short search phrase (needle) against a large list of short-to-medium phrases (haystack). It might be best described as a more forgiving String.includes().

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • uFuzzy is the most popular Web-based alternative to Fuse.js.

    • uFuzzy is Free and Open SourceFuse.js is also Free and Open Source
    • uFuzzy is LightweightFuse.js is not according to our users
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