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Manticore Search

Fast, low-footprint database for search

Search Engines ★ 11.9k stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

Manticore Search is an open-source, easy-to-use database designed for search. It offers full-text, faceted and vector search with a small memory footprint and SQL-like query syntax.

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Key features

  • Full-text and vector search
  • SQL and HTTP query interfaces
  • Low memory footprint
  • Real-time indexing

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Lightweight and fast
  • SQL-friendly

Trade-offs

  • Smaller community than Elasticsearch

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