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It keeps indexes in memory for low-latency, typo-tolerant instant search with faceting, filtering, sorting, geosearch, synonyms, curation rules and grouping, all driven by a simple REST API and official clients for JavaScript, Python, PHP, Ruby, Go, Java, Swift and .NET. Later releases added vector search, hybrid keyword-plus-semantic ranking with built-in or remote embedding models, conversational search backed by LLMs, and a multi-node clustering mode using Raft for high availability. Typesense Cloud is the managed service operated by the same company.\n\nTypesense positions itself as an open-source alternative to hosted search APIs for websites and applications. 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