SHSelfHostIndex

Best Docker Search Engines for self-hosting

The 42 best Docker search engines you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

At a glance

AppDeploy effortDifficultyMin. RAMLicense★ Stars
ElasticsearchUnder-an-hour setupHard2,048 MBElastic-2.078,262
MeilisearchUnder-an-hour setupEasy256 MBMIT59,562
MilvusUnder-an-hour setupHard4,096 MBApache-2.046,377
SearXNG≈5-minute setupEasy256 MBAGPL-3.038,366
Vane≈5-minute setupMedium1,024 MBMIT37,307
QdrantUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBApache-2.035,068
TypesenseUnder-an-hour setupEasy512 MBGPL-3.026,871
SonicUnder-an-hour setupMedium32 MBMPL-2.021,357
WeaviateUnder-an-hour setupMedium2,048 MBBSD-3-Clause16,879
SearXUnder-an-hour setupEasy256 MBAGPL-3.013,556

Quick picks

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Docker within the search engines category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.

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