Meilisearch January Updates
Your monthly dose of Meilisearch updates. Januar 2024 edition.
đ Announcing Meilisearch 1.6
Meilisearch 1.6 brings hybrid search, significant improvements in indexing speed, and a new API to customize the proximity ranking rule. Read the release notes to get the full picture.
đ Typesense comparison
We sat down to compare the key features between Meilisearch and open-source search engine Typesense. You can read the comparison on our blog.
đ¤ New docs home
We spent some time reworking our docs home page to make it more welcoming for developers. We also made example apps easier to find. Let us know what you think!
đď¸ Links of the month
đ Master key and API keys
Learn to secure your Meilisearch instance and manage public API keys.
⥠Meilisearch indexes documents 2x faster
Take a look at the performance boosts in Meilisearch 1.6.
đŹ MySQL Full-Text Search Limits and New Alternatives Solutions
Comparing MySQL full-text search features with other search engines.
đ Dropdown Autocomplete Search Anything in Laravel
Learn to build instant dropdown search with Laravel and Meilisearch.
âď¸ The Two Reacts
Dan Abramov writes on components state, server data, and React.
𼰠Made with Meilisearch
YoungCapital NEXT introduced their new website with a fresh branding and design. Built with Next.js and Vercel, their job portal search is powered by Meilisearch.
Weâre always looking to promote new projects from the community. Post yours in the #built-with-meilisearch Discord channel!
đĄ Life at Meili
Our team wrote a blog post explaining our reasons for migrating our community to a Discord server, how we went about it, and why we shut down our public Slack.
𦸠We're hiring!
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Until next time.
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