Search

Kitsune has a number of search backends, each different from the other, to best fit your specific needs. We want to give you a brief overview over the available backends.

No Search

[search]
type = "none"

This completely disables the search on your instance. Finding posts and accounts is now only possible via direct links and handles.

SQL-based Search

[search]
type = "sql"

This runs searches on your database directly. The quality is actually not too bad and uses automatic language detection to make full-text searches relevant.

Meilisearch

[search]
type = "meilisearch"
instance-url = "[URL of your Meilisearch instance]"
api-key = "[API key to access your Meilisearch instance]"

This instructs Kitsune to use Meilisearch as the search engine. Meilisearch provides incredibly fast, high-quality full-text search.
Meilisearch also has a cloud offering, making this the easiest high-quality search to use with Kitsune.