MeiliSearch
Meilisearch is a lightning-fast, open-source full-text search engine written in Rust. It provides a developer-friendly REST API that delivers instant, typo-tolerant search with features like faceted filtering, synonyms and geo-search — making it a popular choice for adding site and app search to modern projects without running complex infrastructure.
Key Features
- Typo tolerance — Understands misspelled queries and still returns relevant results
- Search as you type — Sub-50ms responses for an instant autocomplete experience
- Developer-friendly API — Simple REST endpoints and minimal setup to integrate in minutes
- Faceted search — Filter and refine results by category, brand, price and more
- Synonyms & stop words — Configure custom linguistic handling per dataset
- Geo-search — Filter results by physical distance for location-aware apps
Why Use Meilisearch?
Meilisearch is famous for its simplicity: you can have a searchable index up in minutes with a REST API and official SDKs for most languages. Its typo tolerance means users find results even when they cannot spell, and it scales comfortably from small sites to large e-commerce datasets.
Use Cases
- E-commerce product and filterable catalogue search
- Documentation and knowledge-base site search
- Real-time autocomplete and search-as-you-type fields
- Mobile and web app search over large collections
Platform
Linux · macOS · Windows · Docker · Kubernetes
Licence
MIT