# Typesense

Open-source search server with an HTTP API that indexes collections of documents for instant search, self-hosted or as Typesense Cloud.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://typesense.org
- repository: https://github.com/typesense/typesense
- docs: https://typesense.org/docs/guide/install-typesense.html

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Typesense, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### 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: docker, docker compose, kubernetes, homebrew, deb package, rpm package, binary download

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 30
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-04-19

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 27003
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://typesense.org (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/typesense/typesense (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://typesense.org/docs/guide/install-typesense.html (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://typesense.org (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainerType: https://typesense.org (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/typesense/typesense/v31/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/typesense/typesense (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/typesense/typesense (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/typesense/typesense (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://typesense.org (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://typesense.org/docs/guide/install-typesense.html (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://typesense.org/docs/guide/install-typesense.html (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/typesense/typesense/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/typesense/typesense/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/typesense/typesense (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://typesense.org/docs/guide/install-typesense.html (read 2026-10-19)

## Notes

Typesense is a search server written in C++ that holds collections of documents and answers search queries against them over an HTTP API. Typesense, Inc. maintains the project and offers Typesense Cloud as a hosted option beside the self-hosted server. The [installation guide](https://typesense.org/docs/guide/install-typesense.html) describes the install options.

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