---
title: "typesense"
type: "tool"
slug: "typesense-typesense"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/typesense-typesense"
github_url: "https://github.com/typesense/typesense"
homepage_url: "https://typesense.org"
stars: 26289
forks: 945
primary_language: "C++"
license: "GPL-3.0"
archived: false
categories: ["data-retrieval"]
tags: ["elastic-search", "algolia", "datastore", "full-text-search", "geo-search", "in-memory", "fuzzy-search", "faceting"]
updated_at: "2026-07-11T13:34:34.353286+00:00"
---

# typesense

> Fast, typo tolerant, in-memory fuzzy Search Engine

An open-source alternative to Algolia and Pinecone, offering typo tolerance and fast in-memory fuzzy search capabilities.

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/typesense/typesense
- Homepage: https://typesense.org
- Stars: 26,289 · Forks: 945 · Open issues: 838 · Watchers: 133
- Primary language: C++
- License: GPL-3.0
- Last pushed: 2026-06-29T01:20:13+00:00

## Trust & health

_Signals computed from public GitHub metadata. Not a security guarantee._

- Maintenance: Active (computed 2026-07-11T11:32:55.827Z)
- Security scan: No lockfile (0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium, 0 low) · last scan 2026-07-11T11:32:56.339Z
- Full report: [trust report](/tools/typesense-typesense/trust.md) · [JSON](https://www.graphcanon.com/api/graphcanon/tools/typesense-typesense/trust)

## Categories

- [Data & Retrieval](/categories/data-retrieval.md)

## Tags

elastic-search, algolia, datastore, full-text-search, geo-search, in-memory, fuzzy-search, faceting

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## Adoption goal

Typesense is an open-source and type-tolerant fuzzy search engine written in C++, primarily suitable for applications requiring speedy search responses with high tolerance to typos.

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/typesense-typesense`](/api/graphcanon/tools/typesense-typesense)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

_GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_