Manticore Search
- About
- Open-source, fast database for search, an alternative to Elasticsearch.
- Catalogue
- No. 377
- Category
- Data & Content
- GitHub stars
- ★ 0

Overview
Manticore Search is an easy-to-use, open-source database designed for search. It positions itself as an alternative to Elasticsearch, and its published, reproducible benchmarks show it outperforming MySQL, Typesense and tuned Elasticsearch on several datasets.
What it does well
Manticore handles full-text search and analytics with a focus on speed, which also makes it cheaper to run. It has documentation, courses, a forum and community chat, and downloads for common platforms. A read-only mode and other security options are described in its manual.
Why it’s in the collection
Manticore is a lean, fast search engine for teams that find Elasticsearch heavy to run. It's GPL-licensed.
On GitHub
- Stars
- 0
- Forks
- 0
- Commits
- 0
- Repository
- manticoresoftware/manticoresearch
Languages
- C++ 77.4%
- HTML 8.6%
- C 4.7%
- Other 9.3%
Compared with
ElasticsearchSearch and analytics engine from Elastic.
AlgoliaHosted search service.
TypesenseNo. 044Open-source search engine.
See every open-source alternative to Elasticsearch and Algolia in the collection.



