Xapian AlternativesSearch Servers and other similar apps like Xapian

Xapian is described as 'Open source probabilistic information retrieval library, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It 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' and is a Search Server in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Xapian for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, Self-Hosted, Mac and Windows apps. The best Xapian 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 Xapian 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 Xapian.

    • Algolia is the most popular free alternative to Xapian.

    • Algolia is Free Personal and ProprietaryXapian 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 Xapian.

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

    • Elasticsearch is Freemium and Open SourceXapian 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 Xapian.

    • Searchspring is Paid and ProprietaryXapian 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 Xapian.

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. strus icon
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    The open source (GPL v3) project strus provides a collection of programs and libraries (language C++) for building a competitive scalable full-text search engine. The search index is distributable and user rights can be implemented.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. 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
     
  12. SearchUnit icon
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    SearchUnit is the modern, flexible, fully featured ASP.NET search engine component for your web applications. Free Community edition available.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • ASP.NET MVC
     
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