Fess
Self-hosted enterprise search & site search with AI-powered semantic search, web crawling, and document indexing
Overview
Requirements
Recommended VPS
Hostinger · KVM 4
4 vCPU · 16384 MB · 200 GB
Hostinger · KVM 4
4 vCPU · 16384 MB · 200 GB
Hostinger · KVM 8
8 vCPU · 32256 MB · 400 GB
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Docker Compose
# Generated by Run This Ai — docker-compose.yml
services:
fess:
image: codelibs/fess:latest
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- 8080:8080
volumes:
- ./data/fess:/data
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Guides & articles
How to Deploy Fess: Step-by-Step Guide to Self-Hosted Enterprise Search with AI
Step-by-step tutorial for deploying Fess enterprise search with Docker. Configure AI semantic search, multi-source crawling, and production-ready performance.
Fess: The Ultimate Self-Hosted Enterprise Search Engine for AI-Powered Discovery
Discover Fess — the open-source enterprise search server with AI semantic search, multi-source crawling, REST API, and 20+ language support. Full guide with Docker setup.