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Algolia SiteSearch

Five drop-in Algolia search and Ask AI experiences as shadcn registry blocks

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Algolia's own open-source registry of opinionated, complete search experiences rather than low-level widgets — you install a whole screen, not a SearchBox. Five blocks ship today: a full-page instant search, a search with Ask AI conversational answers, an inline autocomplete dropdown, an Ask AI side panel and a highlight-to-Ask-AI interaction still in development. Each is a shadcn registry:block that brings its own components, keyboard-navigation hook and page route, wired to algoliasearch v5, react-instantsearch and the Vercel AI SDK. A vanilla-JS standalone package exists alongside the React registry.

Install
npx shadcn@latest add https://sitesearch.algolia.com/r/search.json

For an agent

This is the fastest correct way to put real search into a shadcn project: install the block, then supply appId, searchApiKey and indexName — do not hand-roll react-instantsearch markup around it. Pick `dropdown-search` for a header autocomplete, `search` for a dedicated results page, `search-ai` or `sidepanel-askai` when the user wants answers rather than links (those pull @ai-sdk/react, ai and marked, so expect a heavier bundle and a streaming endpoint). Each block installs a `page.tsx` at a fixed app-router target such as app/search/page.tsx, so move or rename it deliberately; `highlight-to-askai` is still marked in development and should not be promised to a user.

Why it is here. A first-party vendor shipping its integration as a shadcn registry rather than a docs snippet is the pattern the ecosystem is moving to, and it turns a search build from a week to an afternoon.

Install command, framework, licence and component list.

Facts

License
MIT
Pricing
Free, Open source, Freemium, Free but account required, Usage-based / credits
Framework
React, Next.js, Vanilla JS
Styling
Tailwind CSS v4, CSS custom properties
Distribution
shadcn registry, CLI installer, Copy-paste snippet, GitHub repository, Public HTTP API
Platform
Web
Content type
Code
Agent readiness
Machine-readable registry item, CLI installable, Structured documentation, Readable open source, Public API without auth, Login required
Accessibility
WCAG 2.x AA, Keyboard navigable, Accessible
Maturity
Beta
Pricing detail
The registry and code are free and MIT. Running it needs an Algolia account, an index and an API key, and Ask AI needs an Algolia AI assistant — those are billed on Algolia's own freemium/usage plans.
GitHub stars
23

Components it ships

5 total
Search InputAutocompleteCommand PaletteDropdown PanelDialogModalSheetDrawerEmpty StateConversationMessagePrompt InputStreaming TextSourcesInline CitationSuggestionFilter PanelListSkeleton

Helps you build

8
Search ResultsSearch WebsiteSearch MobileFiltering ItemsCommand PaletteAI Chat PanelHelp CenterAPI Documentation

Notable for

  • official Algolia first-party registry
  • complete experiences, not primitives
  • Ask AI conversational search block
  • React and vanilla-JS paths
  • requires an Algolia account and API key

Provenance

Verified 2026-08-15. HTTP 200. https://sitesearch.algolia.com, https://sitesearch.algolia.com/docs, https://sitesearch.algolia.com/docs/tools, https://sitesearch.algolia.com/r/registry.json (5 blocks with full dependency lists), https://sitesearch.algolia.com/r/search.json, https://github.com/algolia/sitesearch, GitHub API repos/algolia/sitesearch. Note: /docs/getting-started/shadcn returned 404.

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