Amgix
Hybrid search engine built for flexible deployment and real-world messy data.
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Still maintained? Yes: 11 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.6.6 (Aug 2026).
Comparisons in Search Engines: Algolia alternatives, Google Search alternatives.
At a glance
Amgix quick facts
- Health score
- 62/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 10
- Last commit
- 6 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.6.6, Aug 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Amgix
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Amgix is an open-source system that handles ingestion, embedding, and hybrid retrieval behind one REST API. You do not need to stitch together queues, a vector database, and ranking or fusion logic in your application."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Amgix scores 62/100, #13 of 16 in Search Engines: 11 commits in the last 90 days earn 12.8 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.6.6, 3 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 10 stars add 4.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 22.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 12.8 / 35
11 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.6.6 released 3 months ago
- Stars 4.2 / 20
10 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 11
- Last 90 days
- 72
- Last 12 months
- 6 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #13 of 16 tools in Search Engines by health , between Apache Solr (#12) and Aleph (#14) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, K8S |
| Latest release | v1.6.6 · 3 months ago |
| Stars | 10 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | amgix/amgix-server ↗ |
Amgix vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Amgix (Search Engines), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeiliSearch | 99 | 60k | MIT | yesterday |
| OpenSearch | 97 | 14k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Typesense | 97 | 27k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Manticore Search | 96 | 12k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Hister | 95 | 6.2k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Amgix (this tool) | 62 | 10 | AGPL-3.0 | 6 days ago |
Amgix: common questions
Is Amgix still maintained?
Amgix had 11 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 6 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.6.6, is from 3 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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