Manticore Search
Full-text search and data analytics, with fast response time for small, medium and big data (alternative to Elasticsearch).
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Still maintained? Yes: 216 commits in the last 90 days, latest release release-29.9.0 (Sep 2026).
Also an alternative to Algolia.
At a glance
Manticore Search quick facts
- Health score
- 96/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 12,074
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- release-29.9.0, Sep 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Manticore Search
Full rankings: Algolia alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Manticore Search is an easy-to-use, open-source, and fast database designed for search. It is a great alternative to Elasticsearch."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Manticore Search scores 96/100, #4 of 16 in Search Engines: 216 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (release-29.9.0, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 12,074 stars add 16.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 3.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
216 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
release-29.9.0 released 2 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 16.3 / 20
12k 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
- 216
- Last 90 days
- 1,267
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #4 of 16 tools in Search Engines by health , between Typesense (#3) and Hister (#5) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, deb, C++, K8S |
| Latest release | release-29.9.0 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 12,074 |
| Open issues | 609 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | manticoresoftware/manticoresearch ↗ |
Manticore Search vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Manticore Search (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 (this tool) | 96 | 12k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| ElasticSearch | 90 | 78k | SSPL-1.0 | today |
| Apache Solr | 68 | 1.7k | Apache-2.0 | today |
Manticore Search: common questions
What does Manticore Search replace?
Repoly lists Manticore Search as an open-source alternative to Algolia. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Manticore Search stands against the others.
Is Manticore Search still maintained?
Manticore Search had 216 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, release-29.9.0, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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