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🔎 Open source distributed and RESTful search engine.
13K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add opensearch-project/OpenSearchAlternatives
Elasticsearch alternatives for AI agents.
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Apache Lucene open-source search software
3.5K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add apache/lucene#3
JVector: the most advanced embedded vector search engine
1.7K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add datastax/jvector#4
Streamline Your Telegram Searches: Find Channels, Groups, and Chat History Effortlessly.
712 starsOct 31, 2023 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add tgscan/tgscan#5
Apache Solr open-source search software
1.6K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add apache/solr#6
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#7
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#8
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#9
Privacy-respecting metasearch engine
14K starsMay 14, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonSearch
$ npx skills add searx/searx#10
Next-generation full-text search library for Browser and Node.js
14K starsMay 29, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaScriptSearch
$ npx skills add nextapps-de/flexsearch#11
A full-text search engine in rust
4.3K starsJan 19, 2024 pushrag-knowledgeRustSearch
$ npx skills add toshi-search/Toshi#12
Search plugins for qBittorrent search feature
6.3K starsMay 25, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonSearch
$ npx skills add qbittorrent/search-plugins#13
The AI search platform
7.0K starsJun 18, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaVector Search
$ npx skills add vespa-engine/vespa#14
A fast file search utility for Unix-like systems based on GTK3
4.2K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeCSearch
$ npx skills add cboxdoerfer/fsearch#15
Timestamp Retrieval for Anime Clips Everywhere
5.0K starsApr 6, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeSearchClaude Code
$ npx skills add soruly/trace.moe#16
Apache Lucene and Solr open-source search software
4.4K starsMay 15, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeSearchClaude Code
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