🦔 Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM.
$ npx skills add valeriansaliou/sonicAlternatives
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Lightweight, In-memory, Semantic Search, Text Vector Database to embed in any .NET Application
🦔 Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM.
$ npx skills add valeriansaliou/sonicThe AI search platform
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$ npx skills add NirDiamant/RAG_TechniquesA lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications.
$ npx skills add meilisearch/meilisearchhigh-performance graph database for real-time use cases
$ npx skills add dgraph-io/dgraphOpen-source LLM knowledge platform: turn raw documents into a queryable RAG, an autonomous reasoning agent, and a self-maintaining Wiki.
$ npx skills add Tencent/WeKnora🔎 Open source distributed and RESTful search engine.
$ npx skills add opensearch-project/OpenSearchPrivacy-respecting metasearch engine
$ npx skills add searx/searxRetrieval and Retrieval-augmented LLMs
$ npx skills add FlagOpen/FlagEmbeddingEasy to use open source fast database for search | Good alternative to Elasticsearch | Drop-in replacement for E in the ELK stack
$ npx skills add manticoresoftware/manticoresearchThe Fastest Distributed Database for Transactional, Analytical, and AI Workloads.
$ npx skills add oceanbase/oceanbaseMariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. Started by core members of the original MySQL team, MariaDB actively works with outside developers to deliver the most featureful, stable, and sanely licensed open SQL server in the industry.
$ npx skills add MariaDB/server🌌 A complete search engine and RAG pipeline in your browser, server or edge network with support for full-text, vector, and hybrid search in less than 2kb.
$ npx skills add oramasearch/oramaData Agent Ready Warehouse : One for Analytics, Search, AI, Python Sandbox. — rebuilt from scratch. Unified architecture on your S3.
$ npx skills add databendlabs/databendHow to choose
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 SharpVector if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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