Meilisearch
A self-hosted Search & Discovery app you can run on your own server.
Meilisearch gives you a self-hosted search tool: one you deploy yourself, on a home server, NAS or VPS. Because it runs on infrastructure you control, your data stays with you and there is no subscription required to keep using it.
Its public repository on GitHub currently shows 59.3K stars, a useful signal of community interest. Repository activity was last recorded on Sep 10, 2026, and the project is classed as actively maintained in our snapshot.
Before you switch
Self-hosted search tools shine when tuned to your data. Index a small collection first, check result quality and resource use, and only then scale. A private search layer keeps queries — often surprisingly revealing data — on your own hardware.
Like every project listed on SelfHosted, Meilisearch is developed in the open — you can read the code, follow development, and even contribute. Check the system requirements and the project’s own documentation linked on this page before installing.