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Next-generation full-text search library for Browser and Node.js
14K starsMay 29, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaScriptSearch
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Easy to use open source fast database for search | Good alternative to Elasticsearch | Drop-in replacement for E in the ELK stack
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$ npx skills add manticoresoftware/manticoresearch#3
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$ npx skills add typesense/typesense#4
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$ npx skills add searxng/searxng#5
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$ npx skills add elastic/elasticsearch#6
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$ npx skills add valeriansaliou/sonic#7
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$ npx skills add quickwit-oss/tantivy#8
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$ npx skills add opensearch-project/OpenSearch#9
Cloud-native search engine for observability. An open-source alternative to Datadog, Elasticsearch, Loki, and Tempo.
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$ npx skills add quickwit-oss/quickwit#10
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$ npx skills add benbusby/whoogle-search#11
Apache Lucene open-source search software
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$ npx skills add apache/lucene#12
Apache Solr open-source search software
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$ npx skills add apache/solr#13
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$ npx skills add meilisearch/meilisearch#14
Private AI platform for agents, assistants and enterprise search. Built-in Agent Builder, Deep research, Document analysis, Multi-model support, and API connectivity for agents.
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$ npx skills add arc53/DocsGPT#15
Developer-friendly OSS embedded retrieval library for multimodal AI. Search More; Manage Less.
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$ npx skills add lancedb/lancedb#16
The Fastest Distributed Database for Transactional, Analytical, and AI Workloads.
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