Meilisearch is a high-performance, open-source search engine API designed for developers to easily integrate fast and relevant search experiences into applications. It offers features like hybrid search, typo tolerance, and search-as-you-type, targeting developers and businesses seeking to enhance user experience with powerful, out-of-the-box search capabilities.

How It Works

Meilisearch combines full-text search with semantic search through its hybrid search feature, aiming for superior relevance. It prioritizes low latency, delivering results in under 50 milliseconds for a seamless search-as-you-type experience. The engine is built for ease of use, with features like typo tolerance, filtering, faceting, and sorting configurable with minimal code.

Quick Start & Requirements

• Install via Docker or download pre-built binaries.
• Requires no specific hardware beyond standard server resources.
• Official documentation and demos are available.

Highlighted Details

• AI-ready, compatible with Langchain and the model context protocol.
• Supports hybrid search, typo tolerance, filtering, faceting, sorting, synonyms, and geosearch.
• Offers robust security management via API keys and multi-tenancy support.
• Extensive language support, with optimizations for Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, and Latin-based languages.

Maintenance & Community

Meilisearch is developed by Meili, a company with a global team. The project is actively maintained with regular releases and a public roadmap. Community engagement is encouraged via Discord and GitHub issues.

Licensing & Compatibility

Meilisearch is released under the MIT License, permitting commercial use and integration into closed-source applications.

Limitations & Caveats

The project collects anonymized telemetry data by default, which can be disabled. While binaries follow SemVer, internal crates do not currently adhere to SemVer conventions.