DocSearch
Free search program from Algolia that crawls documentation into an Algolia index and provides a search box for it through open source frontend packages.
docsearch.algolia.com/repositorydocs
DocSearch is a search service from Algolia for documentation sites. The Algolia Crawler reads a documentation site and writes its content to an Algolia index, which Algolia hosts. Open source frontend packages, built on Algolia Autocomplete, then add a search box to the site that queries that index. The packages are installed from npm as @docsearch/js or @docsearch/react, or loaded from a script tag.
Worth knowing
The program is free for documentation sites that Algolia accepts, and a site applies before it is indexed. The index exists only on Algolia’s servers, so a site that uses DocSearch depends on that index and on the search key Algolia issues for it.
Sources
- 2026-10-28: links
docsearch.algolia.com/ - 2026-10-28: links
github.com/algolia/docsearch - 2026-10-28: links, Categories, Built on
docsearch.algolia.com/docs/what-is-docsearch - 2026-10-28: Maintainer, License
github.com/algolia/docsearch/blob/main/LICENSE - 2026-10-28: Headquarters
www.algolia.com/policies/terms/ - 2026-10-28: First release
registry.npmjs.org/docsearch.js - 2026-10-28: Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/algolia/docsearch - 2026-10-28: Runs as, Install with
github.com/algolia/docsearch/blob/main/README.md - 2026-10-28: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/algolia/docsearch/releases - 2026-10-28: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/algolia/docsearch/contributors?per_page=1 - 2026-10-28: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/@docsearch/js