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Typesense

Fast, typo-tolerant open-source search engine with vector search capabilities

★ 26,114 GitHub GPL-3.0 search-enginevector-searchfull-text-searchragalgolia-alternativeelasticsearch-alternative RAG & Knowledge

Overview

Typesense is an open-source, typo-tolerant search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences. With over 26k GitHub stars and 12M+ Docker pulls, it serves as a modern alternative to Algolia and Elasticsearch. Built in C++ for performance, it offers vector search (CLIP-based image search), faceted filtering, geolocation search, and seamless ranking customization. Typesense is self-hosted and designed for developer happiness with simple REST APIs, zero configuration, and instant setup via a single Docker command.

Requirements

Min vCPU
1
Min RAM
4096 MB
Min Disk
10 GB
Rec vCPU
2
Rec RAM
1024 MB
Rec Disk
20 GB

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Docker Compose

# Generated by Run This Ai — docker-compose.yml
services:
  typesense:
    image: typesense/typesense:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    volumes:
      - ./data/typesense:/data

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Guides & articles

Getting Started with Typesense: Docker Setup, API Basics, and First Search

Step-by-step tutorial for setting up Typesense with Docker, creating collections, indexing documents, and running typo-tolerant and vector searches for RAG.

Jun 27, 2026

Typesense: The Fast, Typo-Tolerant Search Engine for Modern Applications

Learn about Typesense, the open-source typo-tolerant search engine with vector search, faceted filtering, and instant search-as-you-type. Perfect for RAG pipelines and modern apps.

Jun 27, 2026