Get started with Algolia

Start building with Algolia by choosing a path, learning the core concepts, and following the main implementation steps.

Algolia is a hosted AI retrieval platform. It makes your data searchable and helps you build search, recommendations, generative AI, and AI agent experiences.

Start building

Build your first search experience with sample data and React InstantSearch.

Build with AI agents

Use AI assistants and developer tools to build and manage Algolia experiences.

Understand the basics

Learn how indices, records, attributes, and events work in Algolia.

Libraries and tools

Find API clients, UI libraries, and platform integrations.

Build with Algolia

Most implementations follow these steps. Once your data is in an index, you can often complete the remaining steps in parallel.

1. Index your data

   Prepare records and send them to an Algolia index.

   Learn more: Prepare your data

2. Build your search or conversational experience

   Build a search UI or create a conversational experience with Agent Studio.

   Learn more: Build a search UI

3. Send events

   Send click and conversion events from your UI. These events are required for analytics and features like personalization.

   Learn more: Send events

4. Improve relevance

   Tune matching, ranking, and filtering to improve results.

   Learn more: Improve relevance

Measure and optimize

Once your implementation is working, measure performance and test changes before you roll them out.

• Search analytics
• Recommend analytics
• A/B testing

Prepare to go live

Before you launch to production, review access controls, follow security best practices, and plan for scale.

• Security best practices
• Implementation checklist