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 within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22, 1 has been quiet for 31–120 days, 2 have not pushed in over 120 days. 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.
7 of 10 pushed within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22. How we measure it →
The list
All 10, most-starred first.
The last column is the most recent push GitHub reported to us on 2026-09-22. It counts a 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 verified push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elastic/elasticsearch | Free and Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine | Developersalt to Splunk | 78K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch | A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications. | Developersalt to Algolia | 59.4K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| searxng/searxng | SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. | Consumers | 37.5K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| typesense/typesense | 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 | 26.6K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| zincsearch/zincsearch | ZincSearch . A lightweight alternative to elasticsearch that requires minimal resources, written in Go. | IT and operationsalt to Elastic | 17.9K | Still shipping | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher | :mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins | Consumers | 15.6K | Still shipping | Sep 20, 2026 |
| searx/searx | Privacy-respecting metasearch engine | Consumers | 13.6K | Gone silent | May 14, 2026 |
| zaidmukaddam/scira | 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 | Aug 12, 2026 |
| quickwit-oss/quickwit | Cloud-native OSS search engine for observability | IT and operations | 11.7K | Still shipping | Sep 21, 2026 |
| benbusby/whoogle-search | A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine | Consumers | 11.6K | Gone silent | Aug 14, 2026 |
Related collections
Sideways from here.
The 8 largest other categories in the directory, then the other ways to slice it. Every count is as of the snapshot of 2026-09-22.
Snapshot of 2026-09-22 · 721 repos in the directory · every number on this page is measured against that date, not against today. What this measurement cannot tell you →