🔎 Lunr

Cape Town, South Africa

Lunr.js is a small full-text search JavaScript library for use in the browser.

According to our data, Lunr ranks 12th among the site search software we track.
It has 1.5% of the site search market share and is present on 0.03% of all websites.

It is especially popular in Germany, appearing on 0.04% of all websites in the country.

Statistics based on 4M+ analyzed websites. About this data

💸 Pricing

Lunr is available for free.

Free ✔️ Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Lunr Awards

⚡ Sites Using Lunr

We have data on 1,211 websites that use the Lunr site search software. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Lunr is stocktwits.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 stocktwits.com #6,181 English
2 zapf.in #19,741 India German
3 investors.com #27,352 United States English
4 met.gov.my #52,384 Malaysia Malay
5 rva.gov #53,057 United States English
6 telerecours.fr #56,757 France French
7 navidrome.org #70,081 English
8 c4model.com #74,057 United States American English
9 tfu.ac.jp #91,917 Japan Japanese
10 vectorlogo.zone #114,325 English
11 endoflife.date #118,171 American English
12 developers.payulatam.com English
13 jetty.org #125,067 Belgium English
14 sidehustleschool.com #131,463 United States American English
15 cimtchau.ca #150,078 Canada French
16 rothmanortho.com #154,197 United States British English
17 sigil-ebook.com #155,750 English
18 root.cern #156,877 Switzerland English
19 siril.org #158,966 France English
20 dognet.com #163,066 Slovakia American English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Lunr:

Most of the sites using Lunr are from Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

  • Germany 25.8%
  • United States 22.1%
  • United Kingdom 8.9%
  • Netherlands 3.5%
  • Finland 3.2%
  • Canada 2.7%
  • China 2.7%
  • Italy 2.7%
  • France 2.5%
  • Other 25.9%

Most Lunr users speak English or German.

  • English 84.6%
  • German 8%
  • Chinese 0.9%
  • Finnish 0.9%
  • French 0.8%
  • Spanish 0.7%
  • Russian 0.6%
  • Italian 0.5%
  • Japanese 0.4%
  • Other 2.6%

The Lunr site search software is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 70.8%
  • .org 8.3%
  • .io 3.6%
  • .net 1.7%
  • .de 1.7%
  • .dev 1.3%
  • .co.uk 1.2%
  • .ca 0.4%
  • .nl 0.4%
  • Other 10.6%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Lunr include blogs and wiki, business, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Blogs/Wiki 19.2%
  • Business 14.1%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 7.6%
  • Software/Hardware 7.6%
  • Travel 6.2%
  • Education/Reference 4%
  • Online Shopping 3.6%
  • Health 3.6%
  • Technical Information 3.3%
  • Other 30.8%

🔢 Lunr Versions

The most popular version of Lunr is 2.3, used by 95.6% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 2.9% of sites use Lunr 0.7, and 1.5% use Lunr 0.6.

  • 2.3 95.6%
  • 0.7 2.9%
  • 0.6 1.5%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Lunr alternatives.

RankName
3
Elasticsearch
Amsterdam, Netherlands

An open-source, distributed, JSON-based search and analytics engine, scalable data store, and vector database built on Apache Lucene.

FreeOpen source$99+/month
10
DocSearch
Palo Alto, California, United States

A free search service designed for developer documentation websites.

FreeOpen source
17
Fuse.js
San Francisco, California, United States

A powerful and lightweight JavaScript library for client-side fuzzy search.

FreeOpen source
19
Pagefind
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

A fully static JavaScript search library that aims to perform well on large sites while using as little bandwidth as possible.

FreeOpen source
31
Flexsearch
Berlin, Germany

A full-text search JavaScript library focused on search speed and memory efficiency.

FreeOpen source

🆚 Compare Alternatives

Compare Lunr to…

💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Lunr from?

Lunr is from Cape Town, South Africa.

Is Lunr free?

Yes, it is a free site search software solution.
It is also an open-source solution and its code can be found on GitHub.

Which country uses Lunr the most?

The majority of Lunr users are from Germany.

Who uses Lunr?

According to our data, Lunr is used on over a thousand sites, including such established ones as stocktwits.com, zapf.in, and investors.com.

Is Lunr used on government websites?

Yes, for example, it is used by met.gov.my and rva.gov.

Do academic institutions use Lunr?

Yes. The most notable of these is tfu.ac.jp. Overall, we know of 3 academic websites in the United States that use Lunr.

How does Lunr stack up against the competition?

Lunr is a moderately popular site search software solution, ranking ahead of 23 other site search software we track.

What are the alternatives to Lunr?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Lunr may include Fuse.js, Pagefind, and Flexsearch.

🗃️ About This Data