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MkDocs vs MeiliSearch: What are the differences?
MkDocs: A static site generator *. It builds completely static HTML sites that you can host on GitHub pages, Amazon S3, or anywhere else you choose. There's a stack of good looking themes available. The built-in dev-server allows you to preview your documentation as you're writing it. It will even auto-reload and refresh your browser whenever you save your changes; *MeiliSearch:** *Ultra relevant, instant and typo-tolerant full-text search API *. It is a powerful, fast, open-source, easy to use, and deploy search engine. The search and indexation are fully customizable and handles features like typo-tolerance, filters, and synonyms.
MkDocs and MeiliSearch belong to "Search Engines" category of the tech stack.
MeiliSearch is an open source tool with 731 GitHub stars and 24 GitHub forks. Here's a link to MeiliSearch's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of MeiliSearch
- Saas option1
- Restfull1
- Open source1
- Typo handling1
- Search as you type1
- Useful defaults1
- Easy to deploy1
- Facet search1
- Great long tail search results1
- Fast responses to online chat1
Pros of MkDocs
- Speed5
- Gitlab integration4
- Extensibility3
- Themes2
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Cons of MeiliSearch
Cons of MkDocs
- Build time increases exponentially as site grows1
