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Meilisearch

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

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 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.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Meili SAS4
Maintained by
Company4

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on3
Install with
curl install script, homebrew, docker, apt, binary download, compile from source3

Releases

Current major version
16
Last release
2026-10-126

Adoption

GitHub stars
59,6042
Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
3247

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-19: links, Categories
    www.meilisearch.com
  2. 2026-10-19: links, Written in, GitHub stars
    github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch
  3. 2026-10-19: links, Runtime, Install with, Content storage, Runs as
    www.meilisearch.com/docs/resources/self_hosting/getting_started/install_locally
  4. 2026-10-19: Maintainer, Maintained by, License, License model
    raw.githubusercontent.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/main/LICENSE
  5. 2026-10-19: License, links
    www.meilisearch.com/pricing
  6. 2026-10-19: Current major version, Last release
    api.github.com/repos/meilisearch/meilisearch/releases/latest
  7. 2026-10-25: Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
    cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies

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