Typesense
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Lightning-fast, open source search engine for everyone
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Lightning-fast
Open Source
Search
No PhD required.
The Open Source Alternative to Algolia + Pinecone
The Easier To Use Alternative to Elasticsearch
Search meets 2024.
Typesense is a modern, privacy-friendly, open source search engine meticulously engineered for performance & ease-of-use.
It uses cutting-edge search algorithms that take advantage of the latest advances in Hardware Capabilities & Machine Learning.
- Search-as-you-type
- Autocomplete
- Faceted Navigation
- Geo-Search
- Fuzzy Search
- Vector Search
- Semantic Search
- Recommendations
- LLM Augmentation
- Geo-Distributed Cache
Features you love, minus the complexity
Neatly wrapped in an intuitive RESTful API
Typo Tolerance
Spellng Mistakes? Not a problem. Typesense automatically tries to correct typos.
Tunable Ranking
Tailor your results to perfection via flexible and fast query-time ranking.
Merchandising
Pin specific records in a particular position to feature or merchandize them.
Synonyms
Show results for pants when users search for trousers, or vice-versa, when you define them as synonyms.
Multi-tenant API Keys
Store multiple users’ data in a single index, create API keys for each user that restrict access to just their data.
Dynamic Sorting
Sort records on the fly by any fields in your document. For eg: sort by price, sort by popularity, etc. No duplicate indices needed.
Grouping & Distinct
Provide more variety in your results by grouping results. Eg: combine all color variations of a shirt into a single result.
Filtering & Faceting
Only fetch records that match a given filter. Aggregate field values and get counts, min, max and avg of values across records.
Geo Search
Search & sort results within a certain distance from a latitude/longitude or within a polygon region.
Federated Search
Search one or more collections in a single query. Eg: search for both products and brands, given a single search query.
Vector & Semantic Search
Automatically generate embeddings using built-in ML models or OpenAI / PaLM API and do semantic search or nearest-neighbor search.
Easy High Availability
Build a resilient production-grade search service, with a few simple steps.
Batteries-Included Developer Experience
Zero to Instant-Search, in 30 seconds 🚀
1. Run Typesense
Use Docker, our native binaries or our RPM or DEB packages.
Or, use Typesense Cloud to provision a cluster with a few clicks.
2. Index Data
Create a collection, then add some documents to it.
And, that's it! Search away.
You now have a typo-tolerant, search server you can send search queries to.
API Libraries & Plugins in your Favorite Languages
And if you don't find a library, reach out to us to collab on one

Compose Powerful Search & Discovery User Interfaces, quickly.
Showcase
Built with Typesense, InstantSearch UI components & hosted on Typesense Cloud.
Build lightning-fast browsing experiences with Typesense, besides just text-based search.
Let users filter, drill down and explore data in, for example, an ecommerce store, a tourism site like AirBnB, and more.
Backed by responsive support
Let us help you build a scalable and robust search experience
