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

Self-hosted alternative to
- Website
- https://typesense.org
- Source code
- https://github.com/typesense/typesense
- GitHub stars
- 27,075
- Repository activity
- 30 October 2026
- Latest release
- v30.2, 19 April 2026
- Health
- Active From the repository record in this build
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Platforms
- C++, Docker, K8S, deb
- Categories
- Search Engines
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