11 best JavaScript Search Engine libraries in 2024

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JavaScript search engine libraries can be used to create custom search engines. These search engine libraries can be used to create custom search engines. They are easy to install and use, and they have a simple code base that you can customize according to your needs. Some of the most popular JavaScript search engine libraries include Algolia, Google Autocomplete, etc. Jets.js is a JavaScript library which allows developers to easily create their own search engine using Express and Elasticsearch. It supports all major browsers including IE8+, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera. Jets helps developers implement common features like autocomplete and autocapitalization in their applications using a simple API. ambar is a jQuery-based library that uses Google's Custom Search Engine for results, but it also allows you to use other engines such as Bing, Yahoo!, DuckDuckGo, etc... It also comes with support for highlighting matches in the page content textarea element which makes it more user-friendly than other libraries. The following is a comprehensive list of the best open source JavaScript search engine libraries.

Jets.jsby NeXTs

JavaScript doticonstar image 2805 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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Native CSS search engine

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            Jets.jsby NeXTs

            JavaScript doticon star image 2805 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

            Native CSS search engine
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                      ambarby RD17

                      JavaScript doticonstar image 1919 doticonVersion:v2.1.18doticon
                      License: Permissive (MIT)

                      :mag: Ambar: Document Search Engine

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                                ambarby RD17

                                JavaScript doticon star image 1919 doticonVersion:v2.1.18doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                :mag: Ambar: Document Search Engine
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                                          minisearchby lucaong

                                          JavaScript doticonstar image 2994 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                          License: Permissive (MIT)

                                          Tiny and powerful JavaScript full-text search engine for browser and Node

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                                                    minisearchby lucaong

                                                    JavaScript doticon star image 2994 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                    Tiny and powerful JavaScript full-text search engine for browser and Node
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                                                              rats-searchby DEgITx

                                                              JavaScript doticonstar image 1314 doticonVersion:v1.11.0doticon
                                                              License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                              BitTorrent P2P multi-platform search engine for Desktop and Web servers with integrated torrent client.

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                                                                        rats-searchby DEgITx

                                                                        JavaScript doticon star image 1314 doticonVersion:v1.11.0doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                        BitTorrent P2P multi-platform search engine for Desktop and Web servers with integrated torrent client.
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                                                                                  monocleby thesephist

                                                                                  JavaScript doticonstar image 1364 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                  Universal personal search engine, powered by a full text search algorithm written in pure Ink, indexing Linus's blogs and private note archives, contacts, tweets, and over a decade of journals.

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                                                                                            monocleby thesephist

                                                                                            JavaScript doticon star image 1364 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                            Universal personal search engine, powered by a full text search algorithm written in pure Ink, indexing Linus's blogs and private note archives, contacts, tweets, and over a decade of journals.
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                                                                                                      fullproofby reyesr

                                                                                                      JavaScript doticonstar image 660 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                                                                                      License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                                                                      javascript fulltext search engine library

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                                                                                                                fullproofby reyesr

                                                                                                                JavaScript doticon star image 660 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                                                                                javascript fulltext search engine library
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                                                                                                                          ghostHunterby jamalneufeld

                                                                                                                          JavaScript doticonstar image 589 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                          A Ghost blog search engine

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                                                                                                                                    ghostHunterby jamalneufeld

                                                                                                                                    JavaScript doticon star image 589 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                    A Ghost blog search engine
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                                                                                                                                              visual_searchby tuan3w

                                                                                                                                              JavaScript doticonstar image 429 doticonVersion:v0.0.1doticon
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                                                                                                                                              A visual search engine based on Elasticsearch and Tensorflow

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                                                                                                                                                        visual_searchby tuan3w

                                                                                                                                                        JavaScript doticon star image 429 doticonVersion:v0.0.1doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                                        A visual search engine based on Elasticsearch and Tensorflow
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                                                                                                                                                                  jivesearchby jivesearch

                                                                                                                                                                  JavaScript doticonstar image 368 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                                                                  A search engine that doesn't track you.

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                                                                                                                                                                            jivesearchby jivesearch

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                                                                                                                                                                                      pouchdb-quick-searchby pouchdb-community

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                                                                                                                                                                                      Full-text search engine on top of PouchDB

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                                                                                                                                                                                                pouchdb-quick-searchby pouchdb-community

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                                                                                                                                                                                                Full-text search engine on top of PouchDB
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          itemsjsby itemsapi

                                                                                                                                                                                                          JavaScript doticonstar image 291 doticonVersion:v2.1.21doticon
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          Full text, faceted, (almost) dependency free search engine in javascript

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