Is it possible to deploy Meilisearch on my own MacBook?

[yoghurtlee-thu]

I have always been very interested in Meilisearch. Its elegance and efficiency have deeply impressed me. Therefore, when I was looking for an open-source search solution for my local documents (mainly Markdown notes in Obsidian), it was the first one that came to my mind.

I am curious if this project can run smoothly on my MacBook Air (M2, 24GB of memory)? If so, what approximate amount of system resources would it require?

Best regards!

[irevoire]

Hey @yoghurtlee-thu, yes, no issue at all with that.
You're way above the minimum spec required to run Meilisearch.

If so, what approximate amount of system resources would it require?

It entirely depends on what you're trying to index, but I would expect Meilisearch to use close to zero resources for notes you're taking by hand.

Let us know how it goes if you do it

[yoghurtlee-thu]

Hello @irevoire , thank you for your kind reply.

I tried deploying Meilisearch on my MacBook, and it only used about 150MB of memory during runtime with the JSON index I tested. This is indeed an astonishingly lightweight product. However, since I am not familiar with databases and also do not know how to efficiently write a JSON index for Markdown files, I still have a way to go before I can use Meilisearch to manage my notes.

Thank you again for your outstanding work. I hope more people will apply this powerful tool to personal knowledge management and share their experiences :)