What is meilisearch-docsearch?

meilisearch-docsearch gives your documentation website a fast, polished search bar, the kind that pops up as users type and instantly surfaces relevant pages. It's the same style of search experience you've probably seen on popular developer docs sites, where hitting a keyboard shortcut or clicking a search button opens a clean overlay with results that narrow as you type. The component is built to work with Meilisearch, an open-source search engine, as the backend that powers the actual searching. To use it, you need a Meilisearch instance already running and indexed with your documentation content. You place a container element (like a div) on your webpage, then call a single function with three pieces of information: the URL of your Meilisearch server, an API key that authorizes search queries, and the name of the index where your docs are stored. The component handles the rest, it renders an accessible search box, sends queries to your Meilisearch server as the user types, and displays matching results in a dropdown modal. It comes with both light and dark themes and includes all the necessary styling out of the box. This is designed for teams who host documentation or content sites and want to add instant search without building a custom interface. If you're running a Meilisearch instance for your product docs, a knowledge base, or any content-heavy site, this component drops in the search experience your visitors expect. It's a direct alternative to Algolia's DocSearch, but for projects using Meilisearch instead of Algolia as their search provider. The package is flexible about how you integrate it. You can install it through standard JavaScript package managers for a build-based workflow, pull it directly from a CDN for simpler static sites, or use it as a ready-made component if you're working with SolidJS. The styling can be imported as one file or broken into smaller pieces, which gives you control over how much CSS you include. The README doesn't go into detail about advanced configuration or customization options beyond these basics.