Meilisearch is an open-source search engine that provides full-text search, semantic search, and vector search capabilities through a REST API. Developers use it to add fast, relevant search functionality to applications with features like typo tolerance, faceting, geosearch, and hybrid search that combines multiple search methods. It's designed as a self-hosted alternative to commercial search services, suitable for everything from site search to enterprise applications.

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