What is Bleve?
Go library for full-text search and indexing with support for text analysis in 30+ languages, faceting, vector search, and multiple query types.
Bleve pricing
We don't have Bleve's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Bleve does
The capabilities that matter for search engines, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Index engine
- -
- Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)
- Go API with query objects
- Faceting & filtering
- Yes
- Geo search
- ✗
- Typo tolerance / fuzzy
- Built-in
- Relevance tuning
- BM25 only
- Vector / hybrid search
- Vector-only
- Distributed / horizontal scale
- Single-node
- Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants)
- ✗
- Real-time indexing
- Near-real-time
- Log / analytics workload
- ✗
- Licence class
- Permissive OSS
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Self-hosted
Bleve alternatives
Other search engines we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- VespaAI Search at Scalelow · 23%
- VespaAI Search at Scalelow · 26%
- MeilisearchOne platform to build, scale, and unify search and AI retrievallow · 46%
- Manticore Searcheasy-to-use fast search databaselow · 37%
- OpenSearchA powerful search and analytics engine built on Apache Lucenelow · 19%
- TypesenseLightning Fast, Open Source Searchlow · 35%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Bleve, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release Cadence | 88 | 12.00 | 1053.3 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 35 | 20.00 | 701.4 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 76 | 7.00 | 534.5 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 0 | 17.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 18.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 6.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 20.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 12 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 11,165 | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"faceting":"yes","query_dsl":"Go API with query objects","deployment":"self_hosted","geo_search":false,"distributed":"single_node","licence_class":"permissive_oss","log_analytics":false,"multi_tenancy":false,"vector_search":"vector_only","typo_tolerance":"built_in","relevance_tuning":"bm25_only","realtime_indexing":"near_real_time"} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 22 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 70% |