APIVerified~25ms avg
Algolia API
Search-as-a-service - full-text search, faceting, and recommendations.
Install
npm install algoliasearch
About
Algolia provides hosted search with millisecond response times. Index records, run full-text searches with typo tolerance, apply faceted filtering, and get AI-powered recommendations. 1.2M weekly downloads. The CLI helps manage indexes and configurations. The standard choice for adding fast, relevant search to any application.
Tags
algoliasearchfull-textfacetingrecommendations
Score Breakdown
CLI Score Breakdown10/11
✓Official SDK on npm/pip+2
✓Env var authentication (no browser OAuth)+2
✓Works in headless/CI environments+2
✓CLI tool available+1
✓JSON response for piping/parsing+1
✓Docs have curl/CLI examples+1
✓Reasonable rate limits for scripted use+1
✗Machine-readable pricing (md/JSON/static)0
Quality Score Breakdown
npm weekly downloads1.2M
GitHub stars1.4k
Days since last release9d
Issue close ratio85%
TypeScript typesYes
Docs qualityexcellent
Breaking changesrare
Performance
Latencyeu-west-1 - 2026-03-28
p50
18ms
avg
25ms
p95
65ms
Scores
CLI
9
Quality
9
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