Pagefind Alternatives

Apps similar to Pagefind include Meilisearch, which is open source but paid. OpenSearch and Apache Solr are free. Other options are Elasticsearch, Algolia, Searchspring and RediSearch. Search Servers like Pagefind are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for the web, Linux, self-hosting, Mac and Windows.

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  1. Chroma DB icon
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    Open-source search and retrieval database for AI applications.

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Python
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  2. 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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  3. 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.

    46 Sphinx (search engine) alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. 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
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  5. Whoosh icon
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    Whoosh is a library of classes and functions for indexing text and then searching the index. It allows you to develop custom search engines for your content.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  6. swiftype icon
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    The easiest way to add great search to your website

    Swiftype is a hosted software service that eliminates the need to create your own search software from scratch, making it possible for any website owner or mobile app developer to add great search to their product. Features inc.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Xapian icon
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    Xapian is an open source probabilistic information retrieval library, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It is a 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. 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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  9. With Google Custom Search, add a search box to your homepage to help people find what they need on your website.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. 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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  11. Site Search 360 icon
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    An intelligent yet easy-to-install site search for any website. Simply start typing to get search autosuggestions and semantically enriched structured data at your fingertips.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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