Typesense
Blazing fast, typo-tolerant open source search engine optimized for developer happiness and ease of use.
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Still maintained? Yes: 98 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v30.2 (Apr 2026).
Also an alternative to Algolia.
At a glance
Typesense quick facts
- Health score
- 97/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 27,064
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v30.2, Apr 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Typesense
Full rankings: Algolia alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Typesense is a fast, typo-tolerant search engine for building delightful search experiences."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Typesense scores 97/100, #3 of 16 in Search Engines: 98 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v30.2, 6 months ago) earns 24.3 of 25, 27,064 stars add 17.7 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 2.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
98 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 24.3 / 25
v30.2 released 6 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 17.7 / 20
27k 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
- 98
- Last 90 days
- 262
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 16 tools in Search Engines by health , between OpenSearch (#2) and Manticore Search (#4) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | C++, Docker, K8S, deb |
| Latest release | v30.2 · 6 months ago |
| Stars | 27,064 |
| Open issues | 804 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | typesense/typesense ↗ |
Typesense vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Typesense (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 (this tool) | 97 | 27k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Manticore Search | 96 | 12k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| ElasticSearch | 90 | 78k | SSPL-1.0 | today |
| Apache Solr | 68 | 1.7k | Apache-2.0 | today |
Typesense: common questions
What does Typesense replace?
Repoly lists Typesense as an open-source alternative to Algolia. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Typesense stands against the others.
Is Typesense still maintained?
Typesense had 98 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v30.2, is from 6 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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