# Manticore Search

Open-source search database for full-text, vector and hybrid search, with an SQL interface and an HTTP JSON API.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://manticoresearch.com
- repository: https://github.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch
- docs: https://manual.manticoresearch.com
- x: https://twitter.com/manticoresearch
- forum: https://forum.manticoresearch.com/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Manticore Software Ltd
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: GB

### Kind

- category: search
- hosting: binary
- language: cpp
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: curl install script

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 29
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-11

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 12074
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 62
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://manticoresearch.com (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://manticoresearch.com (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://manticoresearch.com (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://manticoresearch.com (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://manual.manticoresearch.com (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://manticoresearch.com/install/ (read 2026-10-28)
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- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://manticoresearch.com/install/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://manticoresearch.com/install/ (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://manticoresearch.com/install/ (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/contributors (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Manticore Search is a search database written in C++ that indexes documents and answers full-text, vector and hybrid queries, which it accepts as SQL and over an HTTP JSON API. Manticore Software Ltd, a company in the United Kingdom, maintains the project. The [install page](https://manticoresearch.com/install/) covers the Linux, macOS, Windows and Docker routes, and the [manual](https://manual.manticoresearch.com) documents the server.

## Worth knowing

The server runs as a daemon that listens on MySQL and HTTP ports, so it needs a running process rather than static files. The manual describes Manticore Buddy, a component installed with the packages, as written in PHP.

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