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Free and Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine
77K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add elastic/elasticsearchAlternatives
Fsearch alternatives for AI agents.
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Fsearch
A fast file search utility for Unix-like systems based on GTK3
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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/tantivy#3
🔎 Open source distributed and RESTful search engine.
13K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add opensearch-project/OpenSearch#4
Scira (Formerly MiniPerplx) is a minimalistic AI-powered search engine that helps you find information on the internet and cites it too. Powered by Vercel AI SDK!
12K starsMar 20, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeTypeScriptSearch
$ npx skills add zaidmukaddam/scira#5
Privacy-respecting metasearch engine
14K starsMay 14, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonSearch
$ npx skills add searx/searx#6
Search plugins for qBittorrent search feature
6.3K starsMay 25, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonSearch
$ npx skills add qbittorrent/search-plugins#7
Timestamp Retrieval for Anime Clips Everywhere
5.0K starsApr 6, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeSearchClaude Code
$ npx skills add soruly/trace.moe#8
Apache Lucene open-source search software
3.5K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add apache/lucene#9
An open source, non-profit web search engine
1.8K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonSearch
$ npx skills add mwmbl/mwmbl#10
JVector: the most advanced embedded vector search engine
1.7K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add datastax/jvector#11
Search engine aggregator with a comprehensive plugin/extension system
1.4K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeTypeScriptSearch
$ npx skills add degoog-org/degoog#12
PISA: Performant Indexes and Search for Academia
1.1K starsMay 6, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeC++Search
$ npx skills add pisa-engine/pisa#13
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#14
🦔 Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM.
21K starsJun 12, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRustSearch
$ npx skills add valeriansaliou/sonic#15
Cloud-native search engine for observability. An open-source alternative to Datadog, Elasticsearch, Loki, and Tempo.
11K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRustSearch
$ npx skills add quickwit-oss/quickwit#16
Next-generation full-text search library for Browser and Node.js
14K starsMay 29, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaScriptSearch
$ npx skills add nextapps-de/flexsearchHow 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 Fsearch if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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