Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.

1recommend
0warn against
Nov 6, 2025first mention
Jul 14, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used forsearch indices across edge nodessearch backendsearch and vector databasesearch index for recommendation site

Why people recommend it

“MeiliSearch can be used as a vector database for langchain.”

Caveats and dissent

No one in these comments warned against it.

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Who recommends it in their own words

From the makers not counted in the ranking

“We use this in Meilisearch [1] to post-process cache for our most common prefixes”

“Meilisearch (second most stared search engine on GitHub)”

All comments 4

“Meilisearch is a very good search application for sure, but our needs drifted apart.”

runs a search service with edge nodeson “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)”

“We used Meilisearch as the search backend in the beginning but have since replaced it”

“MeiliSearch can be used as a vector database for langchain.”

Threads where it came up

Data: meilisearch.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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