Category
Open-source startups in Search
Search engines and search infrastructure, from site search to semantic retrieval. 10 open-source startups in this directory are filed under Search. 7 pushed code in the last 30 days, 1 has been quiet for 31–120 days, 2 have not pushed in over 120 days or are archived. The category is chosen by Jev, TypeSafe’s classifier, reading only the repository’s own name, description and homepage — one category per project, so something that spans two appears under whichever the classifier judged closest.
Ship status
7 of 10 pushed in the last 30 days.
The list
All 10, most-starred first.
The last column is the most recent push to any branch, by a person or a bot — it is not a claim that anyone is maintaining the project, and a quiet repository may be a finished one. The “built for” column and the “alternative to” chips are Jev’s answers about the same repository description, published with the rest of them.
| Project | What it does | Built for | Stars | Ship status | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 elasticsearchelastic/elasticsearchStill shipping | Free and Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine | Developersalt to Splunk | 78.2K | Still shipping | |
 meilisearchmeilisearch/meilisearchStill shipping | A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications. | Developersalt to Algolia | 59.5K | Still shipping | |
 searxngsearxng/searxngStill shipping | SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. | Consumers | 38.2K | Still shipping | |
 typesensetypesense/typesenseStill shipping | Open Source alternative to Algolia + Pinecone and an Easier-to-Use alternative to ElasticSearch ⚡ 🔍 ✨ Fast, typo tolerant, in-memory fuzzy Search Engine for building delightful search experiences | Developersalt to Algolia | 26.9K | Still shipping | |
 zincsearchzincsearch/zincsearchStill shipping | ZincSearch . A lightweight alternative to elasticsearch that requires minimal resources, written in Go. | IT and operationsalt to Elastic | 17.9K | Still shipping | |
 Flow.LauncherFlow-Launcher/Flow.LauncherStill shipping | :mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins | Consumers | 15.7K | Still shipping | |
 searxsearx/searxGone silent | Privacy-respecting metasearch engine | Consumers | 13.6K | Gone silent | |
 scirazaidmukaddam/sciraSlowed | Scira (Formerly MiniPerplx) is a minimalistic AI-powered search engine that helps you find information on the internet and cites it too. Powered by Vercel AI SDK! | Consumers | 11.9K | Slowed | |
 quickwitquickwit-oss/quickwitStill shipping | Cloud-native OSS search engine for observability | IT and operations | 11.7K | Still shipping | |
 whoogle-searchbenbusby/whoogle-searchGone silent | A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine | Consumers | 11.6K | Gone silent |
Related collections
Sideways from here.
The 8 largest other categories in the directory, then the other ways to slice it.