Whoosh Alternatives

Whoosh is described as 'Library of classes and functions for indexing text and then searching the index. It allows you to develop custom search engines for your content' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Whoosh for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Linux, Web-based, Mac and Windows apps. The best Whoosh 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 Whoosh are Manticore search, Searchspring, Pagefind and Sphinx (search engine).

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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.

    67 Algolia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android SDK
    • Ruby
    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • Angular
    • cURL
    • Ruby on Rails
    • Node.JS
    • Objective-C
     
    • Algolia is the most popular Web-based alternative to Whoosh.

    • Algolia is the most popular free alternative to Whoosh.

    • Algolia is Free Personal and ProprietaryWhoosh is Free and Open Source
  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.

    65 Elasticsearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • Elasticsearch is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux, SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Whoosh.

    • Elasticsearch is the most popular Open Source alternative to Whoosh.

    • Elasticsearch is Freemium and Open SourceWhoosh is Free and Open Source
  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.

    48 Apache Solr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Azure
     
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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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)
     
    • Searchspring is the most popular commercial alternative to Whoosh.

    • Searchspring is Paid and ProprietaryWhoosh is Free and Open Source
  6. 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.

    51 Pagefind alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Rust
     
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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.

    47 wordpress i-search pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
     
    • wordpress i-search pro is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Whoosh.

    • wordpress i-search pro is Paid and ProprietaryWhoosh is Free and Open Source
  9. 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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. FreeFind icon
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    Free site search engine. Add a site search engine to your website today, for free, in less than ten minutes. Choose from Free and Pro site search engines.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Apisearch icon
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    Search over millions of documents, and give to your users unique, amazing and unforgettable experiences.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • GitHub Pages
     
  12. Magifind icon
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    Magifind uses advanced AI and natural language processing to truly understand the intent behind a customer's search, not just match keywords. This semantic search approach allows Magifind to return highly relevant results, guiding customers to the exact products they are...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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