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Apache Solr open-source search software
1.6K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add apache/solrAlternatives
Lucene Solr alternatives for AI agents.
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Apache Lucene and Solr open-source search software
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#2
Apache Lucene open-source search software
3.5K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add apache/lucene#3
🦔 Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM.
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$ npx skills add valeriansaliou/sonic#4
🔎 Open source distributed and RESTful search engine.
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$ npx skills add opensearch-project/OpenSearch#5
PISA: Performant Indexes and Search for Academia
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$ npx skills add pisa-engine/pisa#6
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$ npx skills add elastic/elasticsearch#7
The AI search platform
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$ npx skills add vespa-engine/vespa#8
Privacy-respecting metasearch engine
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$ npx skills add searx/searx#9
Search plugins for qBittorrent search feature
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$ npx skills add qbittorrent/search-plugins#10
Language model search engine built on a vector database and an anything key/value store.
575 starsJun 12, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeC#Search
$ npx skills add kreeben/resin#11
rats-search: BitTorrent P2P multi-platform search engine for Desktop and Web servers with integrated torrent client
1.9K starsJun 3, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeC++Search
$ npx skills add librats/rats-search#12
JVector: the most advanced embedded vector search engine
1.7K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add datastax/jvector#13
Internet search engine for text-oriented websites. Indexing the small, old and weird web.
1.8K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add MarginaliaSearch/MarginaliaSearch#14
Tiny and powerful JavaScript full-text search engine for browser and Node
6.0K starsSep 16, 2025 pushrag-knowledgeTypeScriptSearch
$ npx skills add lucaong/minisearch#15
SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.
32K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonSearch
$ npx skills add searxng/searxng#16
Tantivy is a full-text search engine library inspired by Apache Lucene and written in Rust
15K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRustSearch
$ npx skills add quickwit-oss/tantivyHow to choose
When should you switch?
Use an alternative when it has a clearer install path, higher trust score, fresher maintenance, or better platform fit for your current agent stack. Keep Lucene Solr if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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