Meilisearch is an open-source, lightweight search engine designed for modern applications, delivering fast, relevant search experiences. It blends traditional full-text search with AI-powered semantic retrieval.
Key features include ultra-fast response times, out-of-the-box multilingual support (including Chinese), built-in spelling correction and synonyms, a hybrid search that combines keywords and semantics, and easy API integration.
Ideal for projects that need quick integration of search features, such as e-commerce platforms, content sites, corporate SaaS apps, multilingual sites, and location-based services.
Supports multiple deployment options; Docker is recommended for quick start. Binaries or Homebrew installation are also available. Use its RESTful API for indexing and searching.
Yes. Meilisearch native optimization covers Chinese among 112 languages, with built-in Chinese tokenization and ranking optimization.
It refers to its semantic search capability, which understands the context and concepts of natural language queries and combines with vector embeddings to form a hybrid search mode with traditional keyword search.
The core engine is open-source and can be self-hosted for free. Cloud hosting (Meilisearch Cloud) is available with associated fees.
According to its claims, it can handle massive data, scalable to billions of records, and is used by large e-commerce platforms to provide fast, scalable search experiences.
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