Sonic
Sonic is a search engine server that stores words and item IDs so an app can quickly find matching items. It is meant for developers who want a lighter alternative to heavy search systems like Elasticsearch.
Description written from the project's own page; checked by AI.
Listed in1
The jobs it does, and the closed apps it replaces
Databases
Replaces partlyInstead of Firebase, Kdb+, TigerGraph, Amazon Neptune, Amazon Aurora, Google Cloud Spanner, Elastic Cloud, Algolia, Snowflake
What's missing
Things people miss in Sonic. Upvote what matters to you; it helps its team decide.
Facts
LicenseMPL-2.0
Runs onLinux · your own server
KindRuns on your own server
Stars on GitHub21k
Hosted onGitHub
ActivityChanged within the last year
Something wrong?
Wrong devices, a wrong description, or it isn't really open source? A mod reviews every suggestion.
What we couldn't confirm2
- Whether the project is hosted or sold as a service, since the material only describes self-hosting via packages, Docker, or source.
- Whether Algolia's hosted features such as dashboards, analytics, or document storage have any equivalent in Sonic.