Search Engine Recommendations

Users discuss and recommend search solutions like Algolia and open-source alternatives such as Meilisearch, Typesense, and Usearch for implementing fast, efficient search in websites or applications.

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nashashmi • Jan 15, 2026 • View on HN

A search engine functionality could be useful here. Algolia could dive in. Can't imagine doing better than them.

ttymck • Dec 24, 2023 • View on HN

They use algolia for searchhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11475340

afturner • May 29, 2019 • View on HN

Algolia looks good, but are there any OSS alternatives for those of us trying to bootstrap a search system

abhayhegde • Apr 14, 2023 • View on HN

I'll use Algolia and search maybe.

wiseleo • Jul 2, 2020 • View on HN

Algolia's search is pretty good ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18424630

Kerollmops • Apr 15, 2025 • View on HN

You should try Meilisearch then, you'll be astonished by the quality of the results and the ease of setup.

johnx123-up • Mar 2, 2021 • View on HN

What about https://github.com/meilisearch/MeiliSearch ?

navaed01 • Apr 15, 2025 • View on HN

I’m using Typesense hybrid search, it does the job, well priced and is low-effort to implement. Feel free to ask any specific questions

kbumsik • Feb 21, 2024 • View on HN

Great work! How it would be different from Algolia DocSearch?https://docsearch.algolia.com

dannycastonguay • Mar 24, 2019 • View on HN

Curious to know if you considered https://www.algolia.com/ as well?