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A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications.

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59k stars2.7k forksLast push 1w Rust Other

Decision brief

Meilisearch is a Rust-based, lightning-fast hybrid search engine that integrates easily into web and mobile applications. It supports both full-text and vector searches.

Good fit when

  • - You require fast integration capabilities for your web or mobile application, as Meilisearch offers flexible deployment options.
  • - Your projects demand AI-powered semantic and vector search along with traditional textual searching. The hybrid approach sets it apart from purely text-based or vector-only solutions.

Avoid when

  • - When you specifically need language support for a large number of languages beyond what Meilisearch currently offers, as some specialized multilingual search engines might handle more languages nimb
  • - If your application does not require real-time search-as-you-type or typo tolerance features which can add overhead and may slow down performance in less demanding scenarios.

Observed Jul 11, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts

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Maintenance and security

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Maintenance
Very active (6d since push)
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Provenance
Not a fork · Organization account
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Install

cargo add meilisearch
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Overview

Meilisearch is a Rust-based search engine designed for fast and flexible integration into various web and mobile applications, offering both full-text and vector search capabilities.

Capability facts

Deploy
Self-host

Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Aug 21, 2026

Docker
Dockerfile present

Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Aug 21, 2026

Languages
rust

Source: github.language · Aug 21, 2026

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README

🚀 Getting started

For basic instructions on how to set up Meilisearch, add documents to an index, and search for documents, take a look at our documentation guide.


🧾 Editions & Licensing

Meilisearch is available in two editions:

For agents

This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.

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