# Typesense

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Typesense and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Open source search engine offering hybrid keyword and vector search, with an easy-to-start managed service people recommend.

## Why people recommend it

- Hybrid keyword and vector search (3 comments): "Combines vector with bm25 and all the extras you get from a trad search tool like Algolia." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588715)) "open source Algolia, which can do hybrid search and a number of other fancy things" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48462674)) "Hence why something like Typesense hybrid search can still be useful." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49509694))
- Open source Algolia alternative (2 comments): "Combines vector with bm25 and all the extras you get from a trad search tool like Algolia." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588715)) "open source Algolia, which can do hybrid search and a number of other fancy things" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48462674))
- Easy to start and use (2 comments): "It was very easy to start with the reasonably priced managed service" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46578676)) "is easy to use and is hella fast" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49362278))
- Many features out of the box (2 comments): "Combines vector with bm25 and all the extras you get from a trad search tool like Algolia." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588715)) "highly recommend using typesense as the base for that, so many great features" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48402964))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Elasticsearch](https://hackerapproved.com/p/elasticsearch.md): 68 recommend
- [Antfly](https://hackerapproved.com/p/antfly.md): 15 recommend
- [Scry](https://hackerapproved.com/p/scry.md): 11 recommend
- [Manticore Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/manticore-search.md): 7 recommend
- [Vespa](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vespa.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Typesense", https://hackerapproved.com/p/typesense/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).