# Scout for Craft CMS

Craft CMS plugin that keeps Algolia full-text search indexes in sync with Craft entries.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/craft-scout/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/studioespresso/craft-scout
- docs: https://github.com/studioespresso/craft-scout/blob/v6/README.md
- plugins: https://plugins.craftcms.com/scout

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Studio Espresso
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: search
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.2
- basedOn: craft-cms

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: composer require, php craft plugin/install scout

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 6
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-28

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 80
- packagistDownloads: 151365
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 30
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/studioespresso/craft-scout (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/studioespresso/craft-scout/blob/v6/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://plugins.craftcms.com/scout (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/studioespresso/craft-scout/blob/v6/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/studioespresso/craft-scout.json (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/studioespresso/craft-scout (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://github.com/studioespresso/craft-scout/blob/6.0.0/composer.json (read 2026-10-28)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/studioespresso/craft-scout/blob/6.0.0/composer.json (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/studioespresso/craft-scout/blob/v6/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- basedOn: https://github.com/studioespresso/craft-scout/blob/v6/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/studioespresso/craft-scout/blob/v6/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/studioespresso/craft-scout (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/studioespresso/craft-scout/blob/v6/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/studioespresso/craft-scout/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/studioespresso/craft-scout/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/studioespresso/craft-scout (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/studioespresso/craft-scout/contributors (read 2026-10-28)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/studioespresso/craft-scout.json (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/studioespresso%2Fcraft-scout (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Scout for Craft CMS is a Craft plugin that adds full-text search to Craft entries. It keeps Algolia search indexes in sync with the entries, and each index is defined in the site's config file with an element type, a criteria function and a transformer for the data sent to Algolia.

The plugin is installed with Composer into a Craft project and then activated from the Craft command line. Studio Espresso maintains it.

## Worth knowing

Search runs on Algolia, a hosted service: the configuration takes an Algolia application ID and admin API key, so an Algolia account is needed for indexing and search.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0