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# Meilisearch Selfhost

> Self-host a typo-tolerant, Turkish-correct, multi-tenant instant search engine at a flat monthly cost.

A production recipe for self-hosting an open-source instant search engine on a single low-cost server, as a drop-in alternative to a paid search SaaS. It delivers typo-tolerant, sub-100ms instant search with faceted filtering, correct Turkish-locale tokenization that preserves the i and dotless-i distinction, and multi-tenant isolation so one instance can safely serve many sites at a flat monthly cost. It covers the container stack, automatic TLS, idempotent data ingestion and a ready frontend client.

## Use cases
- Adding an instant search dropdown to a site with hundreds of products, courses or articles
- Replacing a slow database LIKE query that takes too long on large catalogs
- Escaping per-tenant search SaaS bills with one fixed-cost instance
- Fixing broken Turkish search caused by the i and dotless-i tokenization problem
- Serving many client sites from one search instance with isolated indexes
- Adding faceted filtering to a structured catalog or blog

## Benefits
- A flat monthly cost instead of per-tenant SaaS pricing
- Sub-100ms typo-tolerant search that feels instant as users type
- Correct Turkish results where naive search mangles i and dotless-i
- Full data ownership on infrastructure you control, no vendor lock-in

## What’s included
- A production container stack with a reverse proxy and automatic TLS
- Turkish-locale tokenization that preserves i, dotless-i and their capitals
- Typo tolerance, faceted filtering and custom ranking configuration
- Multi-tenant isolation via index prefixes and signed tenant tokens
- Idempotent batch ingestion from a database source of truth
- A frontend search client built on a standard instant-search adapter

## Who it’s for
Agencies and SaaS teams who need fast, typo-tolerant, Turkish-correct site search across many sites without paying per-tenant SaaS fees.

## How it runs
Fast, correct, multi-tenant search does not need a per-site SaaS bill. This recipe stands up an instant search engine you own and tunes it for Turkish:
1. Deploys the search engine behind a reverse proxy with automatic TLS as a hardened container stack
2. Configures Turkish-locale tokenization so i and dotless-i are preserved instead of folded into wrong matches
3. Tunes typo tolerance, faceted filtering and ranking rules for short-word, real-world queries
4. Isolates tenants with index prefixes and signed tokens so one instance serves many sites with no cross-reads
5. Ingests data idempotently from your database and wires up a frontend client for the instant search dropdown

## FAQ
### When is this overkill?
Under a hundred documents, your database's built-in full-text search is enough and extra infrastructure is wasted. This pays off once catalogs are large or you serve several sites.

### Does it really fix Turkish search?
Yes. It uses genuine Turkish-locale tokenization that preserves the i and dotless-i distinctions, instead of the naive ASCII folding that makes Turkish search return wrong or missing results.

### Can one instance safely serve multiple clients?
Yes. Each tenant gets isolated indexes and signed tokens, so one site can never read another's data, while you run a single fixed-cost instance.

## Price
$15, one-time, no subscription. VAT included.

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