Top 3 C++ Full-text search Projects

Typesense

129 17,796 9.8 C++

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

Project mention: Website Search Hurts My Feelings | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-12-26

There are actually plenty of non-ES products that are way easier to integrate and tune (and get better results with less effort).
- Typesense (https://github.com/typesense/typesense)
- Algolia
- Google Programmable Search Engine (https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/about/)
manticoresearch

33 8,262 9.8 C++

Easy to use open source fast database for search | Good alternative to Elasticsearch now | Drop-in replacement for E in the ELK soon

Project mention: Building and testing Manticore Search | dev.to | 2024-03-05

Note, you need to do it in the root folder of a clone from https://github.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch
WorkOS

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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
usearch

20 1,611 9.8 C++

Fast Open-Source Search & Clustering engine × for Vectors & 🔜 Strings × in C++, C, Python, JavaScript, Rust, Java, Objective-C, Swift, C#, GoLang, and Wolfram 🔍

Project mention: USearch SQLite Extensions for Vector and Text Search | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-22

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020). The latest post mention was on 2024-03-05.