# Meilisearch

Meilisearch is an open-source, lightning-fast search engine that adds instant, typo-tolerant full-text search to self-hosted applications and websites. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Docker Hub, Kubernetes (Helm), Proxmox, TrueNAS and Unraid.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/391/meilisearch

## Description

Meilisearch is an open-source, lightning-fast search engine that adds instant, typo-tolerant full-text search to self-hosted applications and websites.

## Platform availability

Available on 4 of 9 platforms: Unraid, TrueNAS, Proxmox, Helm.

## Health score

88/100 (Excellent), based on 5 of 5 factors.
- Maintained: 100 (last commit 18 days ago)
- Popular: 95 (59,504 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 65 (4 install platforms, install notes, Docker image)
- Light to run: 60 (2 GB minimum RAM, runs on ARM)
- Security check: 100 (no serious findings, CI, tests)

## Links

- Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/getmeili/meilisearch
- Documentation: https://www.meilisearch.com/docs
- Official website: https://www.meilisearch.com
- Kubernetes (Helm): https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/meilisearch-kubernetes/meilisearch
- Proxmox: https://community-scripts.github.io/ProxmoxVE/scripts?id=meilisearch
- TrueNAS: https://apps.truenas.com/catalog/meilisearch/
- Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/meilisearch-0wv0tu31nlxwvb?q=meilisearch
- GitHub: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch

## Common questions

### What Docker setup is needed to expose and persist Meilisearch data?

Open port 7700 so apps can talk to Meilisearch and bind a host folder to /meili_data. If that folder is not bound, your search index and settings can disappear when the container is removed.

### How much disk and memory did one self-hoster report using?

For 600k records, it used a lot of disk space while memory usage was incredibly low because it is disk-backed.

### Can Meilisearch prioritize or weight fields in results?

No, one self-hoster reported that you cannot prioritize or weight fields.

## Alternatives

- Algolia: Algolia helps product teams connect their users with information by providing the building blocks they need to create fast, relevant, perso…
- Apache Solr
- Elasticsearch: Elasticsearch is a distributed search and analytics engine that indexes and queries full-text, log, metric, and vector data in near real ti…
- Manticore search: Open source search server designed to be fast, scalable and with powerful and accurate full-text search capabilities derived from Sphinx se…
- Sphinx (search engine)

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