121 tools · 64 open-source · 57 SaaS
The best search tools. Ranked by real activity.
The top-ranked open-source search tool on Enlisted is Elasticsearch (78k GitHub stars), followed by Meilisearch and SearXNG. Among SaaS products, other tools on Enlisted are most often compared with Algolia, Elastic and Perplexity.
Enlisted lists 121 search tools: 64 open source and 57 SaaS. 57 of the open-source ones can be self-hosted on your own server or computer. The most common open-source licences here are Apache-2.0 (21 tools), MIT (10) and GPL-3.0 (9). The open-source ones are most often listed as alternatives to Elastic, Algolia and Azure AI Search.
Last updated October 3, 2026 · ranked by GitHub stars, growth and recent commits
The top 48 of 121 search tools
Elasticsearch
Search
Free and Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine
OSSvs Algolia★ 78k
Meilisearch
Search
A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and app
OSSvs Algolia★ 59k
SearXNG
Search
SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search
AGPL-3.0vs DuckDuckGo★ 38k
Onyx
AI Tools
The open-source AI enterprise search platform that helps teams find information across all
OSSvs Glean★ 32k
Typesense
Search
Typesense is an open-source search engine for fast, typo-tolerant site and app search, wit
GPL-3.0vs Algolia★ 27kSonic
Search
crates.io serves as a central registry for sharing crates, which are packages or libraries
MPL-2.0vs Elastic★ 21k
ZincSearch
Search
ZincSearch . A lightweight alternative to elasticsearch that requires minimal resources, w
OSSvs Elastic★ 18kVane
AI Tools
Vane is an AI-powered answering engine.
MITvs Perplexity★ 37k
OpenSearch
Search
🔎 Open source distributed and RESTful search engine.
Apache-2.0vs Elastic★ 14k
Manticore Search
Search
Open-source search database for full-text, vector, and hybrid search with real-time indexi
GPL-3.0vs Elastic★ 12k
Quickwit
Monitoring & Observability
Cloud-native OSS search engine for observability
Apache-2.0vs Datadog★ 12k
Orama
Search
🌌 A complete search engine and RAG pipeline in your browser, server or edge network with
OSSvs Algolia★ 11k
ParadeDB
Databases
One Postgres for your application data, full-text search, vector retrieval, and aggregatio
AGPL-3.0vs Elastic★ 9.3k
Morphic
Search
An AI-powered search engine with a generative UI
Apache-2.0vs Perplexity★ 9.2k
Vespa
Search
The AI search platform
Apache-2.0vs Elastic★ 7.1kuBlacklist
Search
Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results
MIT★ 6.7k
RediSearch
Search
A query and indexing engine for Redis, providing secondary indexing, full-text search, vec
OSSvs Elastic★ 6.2k
Hister
Search
Your own search engine
AGPL-3.0★ 5.8k
Wigolo
Search
The go-to web for your AI coding agent — local-first search, fetch, crawl & research over
OSSvs Tavily★ 5.4k
Marqo
Search
Ecommerce Search and Discovery - marqo.ai
Apache-2.0vs Algolia★ 5k
Trace.moe
Search
Timestamp Retrieval for Anime Clips Everywhere
MIT★ 5k
Scira
AI Tools
Scira (Formerly MiniPerplx) is a minimalistic AI-powered search engine that helps you find
AGPL-3.0vs Perplexity★ 12kNominatim
Search
Open Source search based on OpenStreetMap data
GPL-3.0★ 4.5k
YaCy
Search
Distributed Peer-to-Peer Web Search Engine and Intranet Search Appliance
OSSvs DuckDuckGo★ 4.1k
Swirl
Search
AI Search & RAG Without Moving Your Data. Get instant answers from your company's knowledg
Apache-2.0vs Glean★ 3k
tinysearch
Search
🔍 Tiny, full-text search engine for static websites built with Rust and Wasm
Apache-2.0vs Algolia★ 3k
XERJ
Search
XERJ is the new way for AI to search data. Its autoindex capability activates agents to kn
Apache-2.0vs Elastic★ 2.6k
Degoog
Search
Search engine aggregator with a comprehensive plugin/extension system
AGPL-3.0vs Startpage★ 2.2k
Marginalia Search
Search
Internet search engine for text-oriented websites. Indexing the small, old and weird web.
OSSvs Mojeek★ 2.2k
SearX
Search
Privacy-respecting metasearch engine
AGPL-3.0vs Startpage★ 14k
SeekStorm
Search
SeekStorm: vector & lexical search - in-process library & multi-tenancy server, in Rust.
Apache-2.0vs Algolia★ 1.9k
Mwmbl
Search
An open source, non-profit web search engine
AGPL-3.0vs DuckDuckGo★ 1.9k
Bitmagnet
Search
A self-hosted BitTorrent indexer, DHT crawler, content classifier and torrent search engin
MIT★ 4.4k
Apache Solr
Search
Apache Solr open-source search software
Apache-2.0vs Elastic★ 1.7k
PanHub
Search
PanHub 网盘聚合搜索 · Netdisk Search Aggregator。一个搜索框聚合夸克/阿里云盘/百度/115/迅雷等网盘资源，多源聚合去重、智能排序、插件熔断隔离
OSS★ 1.7k
OpenSERP
Search
Self-hosted SERP API for AI, SEO & automation. Browser-rendered Google, Bing, Yandex, Baid
MITvs SerpApi★ 1.4k
Dejavu
Database Tools
A Web UI for Elasticsearch and OpenSearch: Import, browse and edit data with rich filters
MIT★ 8.5k
Fess
Search
Open-source, self-hosted enterprise & site search server built on OpenSearch. Crawls web /
Apache-2.0vs Coveo★ 1.1k
SearchJumper
Search
Yet another awesome browser extension for switching search engines, search everything (sel
GPL-3.0★ 1.1k
PISA
Search
PISA: Performant Indexes and Search for Academia
Apache-2.0★ 1.1k
SereneDB
Databases
The First Real-Time Search Analytics Database
Apache-2.0vs Elastic★ 858
ElasticSuite
Search
Smile ElasticSuite - Magento 2 merchandising and search engine built on ElasticSearch
OSL-3.0vs Algolia★ 804
Meilisearch UI
Search
😎 Open-source, pretty, simple and fast ⚡ Meilisearch admin dashboard UI for managing your
Apache-2.0★ 781
Memex
Note Taking
Browser extension to curate, annotate, and discuss the most valuable content and ideas on
OSSvs Raindrop.io★ 4.7k
NucliaDB
Databases
NucliaDB, The AI Search database for RAG
OSSvs Pinecone★ 722
Probe
Search
AI-friendly semantic code search engine for large codebases. Combines ripgrep speed with t
Apache-2.0vs Sourcegraph★ 721
Apache Lucene/Solr
Search
Apache Lucene and Solr open-source search software
Apache-2.0vs Elastic★ 4.4k
Xyne
Search
AI-first Search & Answer Engine for work. Open-source alternative to Glean.
Apache-2.0vs Glean★ 692
Search tools: questions
- What is the best open-source search tool?
- Elasticsearch is the top-ranked open-source search tool on Enlisted, with 78k GitHub stars. It is followed by Meilisearch, SearXNG and Onyx.
- What are the best free search tools?
- The top-ranked open-source search tools with a standard licence are SearXNG (AGPL-3.0), Typesense (GPL-3.0) and Sonic (MPL-2.0), so their code is free to use. 24 of the 57 SaaS products here have a free plan, including Azure AI Search, Brave Search and You.com.
- Which search tools can be self-hosted?
- 57 of the 64 open-source search tools on Enlisted can be self-hosted on your own server or computer; the top-ranked are Elasticsearch, Meilisearch and SearXNG.
- How are these search tools ranked?
- Open-source tools are ordered by a score built from GitHub stars, star growth over the last 30 days and how recently the code changed; 41 of the 64 had new commits or a release in the last 30 days. SaaS products have no public repository, so they get a fixed baseline score. GitHub data is refreshed daily, and nobody can pay to move up.