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Lucene Note Solr-alt Toshi vs Quickwit

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted search engines options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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LU Lucene Note Solr-alt Toshi Full-text search server built on the Tantivy engine VS QU Quickwit Cloud-native search engine for logs and traces
FeatureLucene Note Solr-alt ToshiQuickwit
CategorySearch EnginesSearch Engines
LicenseMITApache-2.0
LanguageRustRust
Setup difficultyMediumMedium
Min. RAM256 MB1,024 MB
Deploymentdocker, binarydocker, kubernetes, binary
GitHub stars★ 4,256★ 11,471
First released20182021
ReplacesElasticsearchSplunk, Elasticsearch

Why pick each one

Choose Lucene Note Solr-alt Toshi if…

  • Lightweight search server
  • Familiar API style
Lucene Note Solr-alt Toshi details

Choose Quickwit if…

  • Very cost effective at scale
  • Modern Rust codebase
Quickwit details

Frequently asked questions

Is Lucene Note Solr-alt Toshi or Quickwit better?

Neither is universally better. Quickwit has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Lucene Note Solr-alt Toshi and Quickwit free and open-source?

Yes. Lucene Note Solr-alt Toshi is licensed under MIT and Quickwit under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Lucene Note Solr-alt Toshi and Quickwit with Docker?

Lucene Note Solr-alt Toshi: yes. Quickwit: yes.

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