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Manticore Search vs Sonic: catalog facts
Manticore Search	Sonic
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Full-text, vector and hybrid search in one engine SQL query interface	Very low memory use compared with Elasticsearch Schema-less, with no index mapping to define
A server component for developers, not an end-user search app Benchmark results depend on the workload	Returns identifiers, not stored documents, so a separate database is needed Uses its own protocol rather than a familiar HTTP API
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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