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Meilisearch license, foundation and stars

Search and vector · MIT for most code, Business Source License 1.1 for Enterprise Edition parts (open source) · backed by Meilisearch · 59,754 stars

GitHub

A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications.

License history

LICENSE file
Open sourceJul 29, 2025

MIT to MIT for most code, Business Source License 1.1 for Enterprise Edition parts

Meilisearch added Enterprise Edition code under the Business Source License, keeping the core MIT.

Open sourceNov 12, 2019

MIT License with Commons Clause License Condition v1.0 to MIT

Meilisearch dropped the Commons Clause and became plain MIT.

Latest release

No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).

About and history
Repository
meilisearch/meilisearch · created Apr 23, 2018
Website
meilisearch.com
Language
Rust
Foundation
None; run by Meilisearch
Company
Meilisearch · on Companies
GitHub detects
NOASSERTION (a custom or multi-license file; the license above is read from the file itself)
Stars per week
58 (GitHub weekly snapshots)

Weekly snapshots

Week ofStars
Nov 2, 202659,754
Oct 19, 202659,639
Oct 12, 202659,564
Sep 28, 202659,484
Sep 21, 202659,405

Changes

Stars per weekNov 2, 2026

Gains about 58 stars a week, down from 59.

Stars per weekOct 23, 2026

Gains about 59 stars a week, up from 53.

Stars per weekOct 14, 2026

Gains about 53 stars a week, down from 79.

Stars per weekOct 4, 2026

Gains about 79 stars a week.

RelicensedSep 25, 2026

Relicensed from MIT to MIT for most code, Business Source License 1.1 for Enterprise Edition parts.

RelicensedSep 25, 2026

Relicensed from MIT License with Commons Clause License Condition v1.0 to MIT.

TrackedSep 25, 2026

Now tracked, from meilisearch/meilisearch on GitHub.