Self-Hosted Index

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Search Engines

16 applications, ranked by GitHub stars in the dataset.

  • ElasticSearch

    Distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine.

    Replaces Algolia

    78,430 stars Active

    31 Oct 2026 v9.5.5

  • MeiliSearch

    Ultra relevant, instant and typo-tolerant full-text search API.

    Replaces Algolia, Google Search

    59,728 stars Active

    29 Oct 2026 v1.56.0

  • SearXNG

    Internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases (fork of Searx).

    Replaces Google Search, Perplexity

    39,047 stars Active

    30 Oct 2026

  • Typesense

    Blazing fast, typo-tolerant search engine optimized for developer happiness and ease of use.

    Replaces Algolia, Google Search

    27,067 stars Active

    30 Oct 2026 v30.2

  • OpenSearch

    Distributed and RESTful search engine.

    Replaces Algolia

    13,938 stars Active

    31 Oct 2026 2.19.7

  • Manticore Search

    Full-text search and data analytics, with fast response time for small, medium and big data.

    Replaces Algolia

    12,073 stars Active

    30 Oct 2026 release-29.9.0

  • Hister

    Personal web search engine with automatic indexing of visited websites. Supports offline local result previews, local files, multi-user handling and optional semantic search.

    6,180 stars Active

    31 Oct 2026 rolling

  • bitmagnet

    BitTorrent indexer, DHT crawler, content classifier and torrent search engine with web UI, GraphQL API and Servarr stack integration.

    4,442 stars Active

    21 May 2026 v0.10.1-beta.1

  • Yacy

    Peer based, decentralized search engine server.

    Replaces Google Search

    4,090 stars Active

    23 Sep 2026

  • Aleph

    Tool for indexing large amounts of both documents (PDF, Word, HTML) and structured (CSV, XLS, SQL) data for easy browsing and search. It is built with investigative reporting as a primary use case.

    2,488 stars Active

    19 Dec 2025 4.1.7

  • Apache Solr

    Enterprise search platform featuring full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, real-time indexing, dynamic clustering, and rich document (e.g., Word, PDF) handling.

    1,693 stars Active

    30 Oct 2026

  • Websurfx

    Aggregate results from other search engines (metasearch engine) without ads while keeping privacy and security in mind. It is extremely fast and provides a high level of customization.

    1,224 stars Active

    27 Oct 2026 v1.31.1

  • Fess

    Powerful and easily deployable Enterprise Search Server.

    1,142 stars Active

    28 Oct 2026 fess-15.9.0

  • Meme Search

    AI-powered meme search engine. Automatically extracts descriptions from images using vision-language models, then indexes with vector embeddings for semantic and keyword search.

    768 stars Active

    19 Oct 2026 v2.3.2

  • Amgix

    Hybrid search engine built for flexible deployment and real-world messy data.

    10 stars Active

    24 Oct 2026 v1.6.6

  • Sosse

    Selenium based search engine and crawler with offline archiving.

    2 stars Active

    24 Mar 2026