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Meilisearch: the best Open Source alternative to Algolia in 2026

Meilisearch is a fast, typo-tolerant search engine that's easy to integrate into any app, built as a self-hostable alternative to Algolia.

License MIT ~46k stars (estimated)Website GitHub Repository

Technical profile

License: MIT
Category: Dev Tools
Replaces: Algolia
Tech stack: Rust

Preview

Public image provided by Meilisearch on its own website.

Key features

Typo-tolerant search
Results in under 50ms
Filters, synonyms and geosearch

Meilisearch vs. Algolia

Pros

Extremely fast to set up, no cost per search

Things to consider

Fewer search-analytics features than Algolia

Quick Docker installation guide

Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →

docker-compose.yml

version: "3.9"
services:
  meilisearch:
    image: getmeili/meilisearch:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "7700:7700"
    environment:
      - MEILI_MASTER_KEY=change-me-super-secret
    volumes:
      - meilisearch_data:/meili_data
volumes:
  meilisearch_data: