Loki vs Meilisearch

Loki vs Meilisearch
Fact	Loki	Meilisearch
Language	Go	Rust
Licence	AGPL-3.0	Other
Stars	29k	60k
Latest	v3.7.8	v1.54.3
Last push	2026-10-06	2026-10-06
Release cadence	about 5 days between releases	about 1 day between releases
Active contributors	39+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days	12 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days
Flags	none	none

How they relate

Both replace Elasticsearch. Alternatives to Elasticsearch →
PartialLokiIndexes labels rather than full text, and queries log lines with LogQL.
PartialMeilisearchSearch-as-you-type for apps and sites, not log analytics.

v3.7.82026-09-17security/HIGH/pkg/push: Update module google.golang.org/grpc to v1.83.2 [SECURITY] (release-3.7.x) (#24433) (4d5dc2b)
v3.6.172026-09-17security/HIGH/pkg/push: Update module google.golang.org/grpc to v1.83.1 [SECURITY] (release-3.6.x) (#24330) (d8d78f6)
v3.7.72026-08-27Add flag to ignore missing chunks during deletion of logs with line filter [release-3.7.x] (#24233) (7a40404)
v3.6.162026-08-27Add flag to ignore missing chunks during deletion of logs with line filter [release-3.6.x] (#24232) (b87159f)
operator/v0.11.02026-08-18operator: v0.11.0

v1.52.42026-10-01This release contains an important stability fix for Meilisearch. Update from v1.52.3 is recommended.
v1.53.32026-10-01This release contains an important stability fix for Meilisearch. Update from v1.53.2 is recommended.
v1.54.32026-10-01This release contains an important stability fix for Meilisearch. Update from v1.54.2 is recommended.
v1.54.22026-09-29Meilisearch v1.54.2 contains an important fix for users of the dynamicSearchRule experimental feature.
v1.54.12026-09-28Make the embedder setting change succeed when the embedder's API key is expired

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