What are the best open-source alternatives to Algolia?

The top open-source self-hostable alternatives to Algolia include typesense, instantsearch-ios, algoliasearch-client-swift. Each can be self-hosted on standard cloud providers from a few dollars a month.

How much does it cost to self-host an open-source Algolia alternative?

The cheapest open-source Algolia alternative on this list self-hosts from $4.13/mo on real hosting providers.

Which open-source Algolia alternative is most actively maintained?

typesense ranks highest on the ossreplace health score (composite of activity, maturity, community, security, sustainability, and adoption) at 75/100.

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Open-source alternatives to Algolia

3 self-hostable open-source projects that replace Algolia, ranked by computed health score with real self-hosting cost.

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OSS alternatives

$4.13

Cheapest /mo

The 3 alternatives, ranked by health

Health score is a 6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

typesense

by typesense

75/100

Open Source alternative to Algolia + Pinecone and an Easier-to-Use alternative to ElasticSearch Fast, typo tolerant, in-memory fuzzy Search Engine for building delightful search experiences

C++ GPL-3.0

★26k

$4.13/mo

⚙2/5

instantsearch-ios

by algolia

70/100

A library of widgets and helpers to build instant-search applications on iOS.

Swift Apache-2.0

★611

$4.13/mo

⚙2/5