Typesense is an open-source search engine that's built for ease of use and speed. In this tutorial, we'll walk through the steps required to install Typesense on macOS.
Before we get started with the installation, you'll need to make sure that your macOS system meets the following requirements:
curlIf you haven't already installed Homebrew or updated curl, run the following command:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
This will install or update Homebrew, and install the latest version of curl.
Now that we have our prerequisites out of the way, we can focus on installing Typesense. Follow the steps below:
Open your Terminal app on macOS.
Run the following command to add the Typesense tap to Homebrew:
brew tap typesense/tap
brew install typesense
typesense-server --version
This should output the version of Typesense that was just installed, confirming that it's running correctly.
To start the Typesense server, run the following command from the terminal:
typesense-server --data-dir=/usr/local/var/lib/typesense
This will start Typesense and create a directory where the data is stored (/usr/local/var/lib/typesense in this case).
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Typesense on macOS. Now you can start using it for your search needs. For more information on how to use Typesense, check out the official documentation on https://typesense.org.
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