Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Google Custom Search Engine

Google Custom Search Engine

Google Custom Search is a platform provided by Google that allows web developers to feature specialized information in web searches, refine and categorize queries and create customized search engines, based on Google Search.

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The top open-source alternatives to Google Custom Search Engine are Algolia, Apache Solr, and ItemsAPI. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Algolia Landing Page
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Algolia

Algolia's Search API makes it easy to deliver a great search experience in your apps & websites. Algolia Search provides hosted full-text, numerical, faceted and geolocalized search.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Search API #Custom Search #Custom Search Engine 3 social mentions
Apache Solr Landing Page
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Apache Solr

Solr is an open source enterprise search server based on Lucene search library, with XML/HTTP and...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Search Engine #Search API #Custom Search 19 social mentions
ItemsAPI Landing Page
3

ItemsAPI

ItemsAPI is open source search API for creating mobile and web application
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Search Engine #Search API #Custom Search
Manticore search Landing Page
4

Manticore search

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Pricing:
- Open Source
#Search Engine #Search API #Custom Search 17 social mentions
Typesense Landing Page
5

Typesense

Typo tolerant, delightfully simple, open source search 🔍
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Search Engine #Search API #Custom Search 58 social mentions
Sphinx Search Landing Page
6

Sphinx Search

Sphinx is an open source full text search server, designed with performance, relevance (search quality), and integration simplicity in mind. Sphinx lets you either batch index and search data stored in files, an SQL database, NoSQL storage.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Search Engine #Custom Search Engine #Full-text Search 10 social mentions
Lucene Landing Page
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Lucene

Search Engines
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Knowledge Base #Custom Search #Custom Search Engine 26 social mentions
Meilisearch Landing Page
8

Meilisearch

Ultra relevant, instant, and typo-tolerant full-text search API
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Search Engine #Search API #Custom Search 4 social mentions
Milvus Landing Page
9

Milvus

Vector database built for scalable similarity search Open-source, highly scalable, and blazing fast.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Databases #Search Engine #Custom Search Engine 38 social mentions
Rayrun Landing Page
10

Rayrun

Resources for learning end-to-end testing using Playwright automation framework
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Testing #Custom Search Engine #Online Learning 8 social mentions
lunrjs.com
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Lunr.js

A bit like Solr, but much smaller and not as bright
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Search Engine #Search API #Custom Search 2 social mentions
Sajari Landing Page
12

Sajari

Sajari is a machine learning powered search and matching service.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Search Engine #Search API #Custom Search 1 social mentions