# Meilisearch

> Open source search engine featuring full-text, vector, and hybrid search capabilities with sub-50ms query response times.

- Website: https://www.meilisearch.com/?ref=devshelf.io
- DevShelf page: https://devshelf.io/resource/meilisearch
- Pricing: Freemium
- Tags: Open Source, Self-hosted, AI-powered
- Categories: [Cache, Search & Queues](https://devshelf.io/category/cache-search-queues.md), [RAG & Vector Search](https://devshelf.io/category/rag-vector-search.md)
- Last checked: 2026-11-03

## About

Meilisearch is an open-source, highly relevant search engine designed for developers to easily integrate into websites and applications. It provides full-text search, semantic search, hybrid search, and vector storage capabilities for RAG applications. Built for speed, it returns search-as-you-type results in milliseconds and features out-of-the-box typo tolerance, faceting, filtering, and multi-language support. It can be self-hosted or deployed via its cloud platform.

## Alternatives

- [Typesense](https://devshelf.io/resource/typesense.md): Lightning-fast, open-source search engine designed for instant, relevant keyword, typo-tolerant, and vector search results. (pricing: Free)
- [Algolia](https://devshelf.io/resource/algolia.md): AI search and retrieval platform providing fast search, natural language understanding, recommendations, and RAG capabilities for developers. (pricing: Freemium)
- [MemFree](https://devshelf.io/resource/memfree.md): A hybrid AI search engine that provides accurate answers by combining web search with personal knowledge base integration. (pricing: Free)

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