# MeiliSearch Documentation
Welcome to the MeiliSearch documentation. Here you'll find everything you need to learn and create with our lightning fast search engine.
# Getting started with MeiliSearch
Enjoy a hands-on approach to learning? Follow a quick tutorial to learn the basics of the engine.
Prefer to learn by reading? You're not alone. Check out articles covering the most important core concepts of MeiliSearch.
Announcing cloud-hosted MeiliSearch: Join the closed beta by filling out this form (opens new window).
Other helpful links:
- Install MeiliSearch
- Updating MeiliSearch
- SDKs and tools
- Deploy MeiliSearch on AWS
- Deploy MeiliSearch on GCP
- Deploy MeiliSearch on DigitalOcean
# Version compatibility
This documentation only reflects the latest version of MeiliSearch. As long as we are pre-v1.0, we do not provide multi-version documentation and databases are not compatible between versions.
The current version of MeiliSearch (opens new window) can be found in the top-left of this site.
# Open-source
MeiliSearch and its documentation are both completely open source. You can support the project by starring our main GitHub repository (opens new window) or contributing to the docs.