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Typesense: the best Open Source alternative to Algolia in 2026

Typesense is an open source search engine focused on simplicity and speed, with federated search and geosearch, as a direct alternative to Algolia with no cost per request.

License GPL-3.0 26.5k stars liveUpdated hace 11 díasWebsite GitHub Repository

Technical profile

License: GPL-3.0
Category: Dev Tools
Replaces: Algolia
Tech stack: C++

Preview

Public image provided by Typesense on its own website.

Key features

Federated search across multiple collections
Geosearch and faceted filters
High availability with clustering

Typesense vs. Algolia

Pros

Very polished documentation and DX

Things to consider

Somewhat smaller community than Meilisearch

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:
  typesense:
    image: typesense/typesense:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "8108:8108"
    environment:
      - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=change-me-super-secret
      - TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR=/data
    volumes:
      - typesense_data:/data
volumes:
  typesense_data: