# Meilisearch

Search server that indexes documents and answers search queries, self-hosted or as Meilisearch Cloud.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/meilisearch/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.meilisearch.com
- repository: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch
- docs: https://www.meilisearch.com/docs/resources/self_hosting/getting_started/install_locally
- pricing: https://www.meilisearch.com/pricing

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Meili SAS
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: database
- 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, homebrew, docker, apt, binary download, compile from source

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: MIT, BUSL-1.1 (Enterprise Edition parts only)

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-12

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 59604
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 324
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.meilisearch.com (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://www.meilisearch.com/docs/resources/self_hosting/getting_started/install_locally (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainerType: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://www.meilisearch.com/pricing (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://www.meilisearch.com (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://www.meilisearch.com/docs/resources/self_hosting/getting_started/install_locally (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://www.meilisearch.com/docs/resources/self_hosting/getting_started/install_locally (read 2026-10-19)
- contentStore: https://www.meilisearch.com/docs/resources/self_hosting/getting_started/install_locally (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://www.meilisearch.com/pricing (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/meilisearch/meilisearch/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/meilisearch/meilisearch/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://www.meilisearch.com/docs/resources/self_hosting/getting_started/install_locally (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Meilisearch is a search server for applications that index documents and send queries to them. It is written in Rust and runs as its own server binary. Meili SAS maintains the project and runs Meilisearch Cloud, a hosted version of the server. The [installation guide](https://www.meilisearch.com/docs/resources/self_hosting/getting_started/install_locally) lists the supported operating systems and install paths.

## Worth knowing

The repository's LICENSE file names MIT for the server code and the Business Source License 1.1 for the parts marked Enterprise Edition.

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