Open source for data and AI

749 projects · 101 relicensed

typesense license, foundation and stars

Search and vector · GPL v3 (open source) · 27,100 stars

GitHub

Open Source alternative to Algolia + Pinecone and an Easier-to-Use alternative to ElasticSearch Fast, typo tolerant, in-memory fuzzy Search Engine for building delightful search experiences

License history

LICENSE file

GPL v3 No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2017.

Latest release

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

ProjectStars
ElasticsearchFree and Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine.ElasticAGPL v3 or SSPL or ELv278.5k
MeilisearchA lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications.MeilisearchMIT for most code, Business Source License 1.1 for Enterprise Edition parts59.8k
MilvusMilvus is a high-performance, cloud-native vector database built for scalable vector ANN search.LF AI & DataApache 2.046.6k
QdrantQdrant - High-performance, massive-scale Vector Database and Vector Search Engine for the next generation of AI.QdrantApache 2.035.4k
chromaSearch infrastructure for AI.Apache 2.029.7k
pgvectorOpen-source vector similarity search for Postgres.Custom or mixed (see the LICENSE file)23.6k
sonicFast, lightweight & schema-less search backend.MPL 2.021.4k
WeaviateWeaviate is an open-source vector database that stores both objects and vectors, allowing for the combination of vector search with structured filtering with the fault tolerance and scalability of a cloud-native database.WeaviateBSD-3-Clause outside the wl directory, Weaviate License inside it16.9k
About and history
Repository
typesense/typesense · created Jan 18, 2017
Website
typesense.org
Language
C++
Foundation
None; run by its maintainers
GitHub detects
GPL-3.0
Stars per week
85 (GitHub weekly snapshots)

Weekly snapshots

Week ofStars
Nov 2, 202627,100
Oct 26, 202627,063
Oct 12, 202627,000
Oct 5, 202626,814
Sep 21, 202626,593

Changes

Stars per weekNov 8, 2026

Gains about 85 stars a week, down from 94.

Stars per weekOct 29, 2026

Gains about 94 stars a week, down from 136.

Stars per weekOct 18, 2026

Gains about 136 stars a week, up from 111.

Stars per weekOct 9, 2026

Gains about 111 stars a week.

TrackedSep 25, 2026

Now tracked, from typesense/typesense on GitHub.