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๐ฆ Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM.
21K starsJun 12, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRustSearch
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NucliaDB, The AI Search database for RAG
๐ฆ Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM.
$ npx skills add valeriansaliou/sonicSearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.
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$ npx skills add apache/solrA lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications.
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$ npx skills add 666ghj/MiroFishCognee is the open-source AI memory platform for agents. Give your AI agents persistent long-term memory across sessions with a self-hosted knowledge graph engine.
$ npx skills add topoteretes/cogneeDeveloper-friendly OSS embedded retrieval library for multimodal AI. Search More; Manage Less.
$ npx skills add lancedb/lancedbHow 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 Nucliadb if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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