Meilisearch leads in popularity with 58,726 stars vs 26,354 stars for Typesense. The 123% higher star count indicates stronger community adoption. In terms of developer contributions, Meilisearch has 2,638 forks, indicating strong developer engagement.

Both projects show recent activity, with Meilisearch last updated 2 days ago and Typesense 7 days ago.

Both tools share common technology foundations, being built with Bash. However, they differ in their additional technology choices: Meilisearch uses Rust while Typesense leverages JavaScript, Typescript, C, Objective-C, C++.

Typesense has been in development longer, starting 10 years ago, compared to Meilisearch which began 8 years ago. This 1.3-year head start suggests Typesense may have more mature features and established processes.

Meilisearch uses the MIT license, which is more permissive than Typesense's GPL-3.0 license, potentially offering greater flexibility for commercial use and integration.

Both tools serve similar use cases in Search Engines.

Both Meilisearch and Typesense offer self-hosting capabilities, giving you full control over your data and infrastructure.