# Search

## Local Search

VitePress supports fuzzy full-text search using an in-browser index thanks to [minisearch](https://github.com/lucaong/minisearch/). To enable this feature, simply set the `themeConfig.search.provider` option to `'local'` in your `.vitepress/config.ts` file:

```ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'local'
    }
  }
})
```

Example result:

<img src="../search.png" alt="screenshot of the search modal">

Alternatively, you can use [Algolia DocSearch](#algolia-search) or some community plugins like:

- https://npmx.dev/package/vitepress-plugin-pagefind
- https://npmx.dev/package/vitepress-plugin-typesense
- https://npmx.dev/package/vitepress-plugin-cloudflare-ai-search

### i18n

You can use a config like this to use multilingual search:

```ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'local',
      options: {
        locales: {
          zh: { // make this `root` if you want to translate the default locale
            translations: {
              button: {
                buttonText: '搜索',
                buttonAriaLabel: '搜索'
              },
              modal: {
                displayDetails: '显示详细列表',
                resetButtonTitle: '重置搜索',
                backButtonTitle: '关闭搜索',
                noResultsText: '没有结果',
                footer: {
                  selectText: '选择',
                  selectKeyAriaLabel: '输入',
                  navigateText: '导航',
                  navigateUpKeyAriaLabel: '上箭头',
                  navigateDownKeyAriaLabel: '下箭头',
                  closeText: '关闭',
                  closeKeyAriaLabel: 'esc'
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
})
```

### miniSearch options

You can configure MiniSearch like this:

```ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'local',
      options: {
        miniSearch: {
          /**
           * @type {Pick<import('minisearch').Options, 'extractField' | 'tokenize' | 'processTerm'>}
           */
          options: {
            /* ... */
          },
          /**
           * @type {import('minisearch').SearchOptions}
           * @default
           * { fuzzy: 0.2, prefix: true, boost: { title: 4, text: 2, titles: 1 } }
           */
          searchOptions: {
            /* ... */
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
})
```

Learn more in [MiniSearch docs](https://lucaong.github.io/minisearch/classes/MiniSearch.MiniSearch.html).

:::callout{intent="info" title="Document IDs"}
Search document IDs (as seen by `searchOptions.filter`, `boostDocument`, and in the raw index) are site-relative paths like `/guide/page.html#section` — they do not include [`base`](/guides/guide-site-config#base). The theme resolves them against the base when rendering results.
:::

### Custom content renderer

You can customize the function used to render the markdown content before indexing it:

```ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'local',
      options: {
        /**
         * @param {string} src
         * @param {import('vitepress').MarkdownEnv} env
         * @param {import('markdown-it-async')} md
         */
        async _render(src, env, md) {
          // return html string
        }
      }
    }
  }
})
```

This function will be stripped from client-side site data, so you can use Node.js APIs in it.

#### Example: Excluding pages from search

You can exclude pages from search by adding `search: false` to the frontmatter of the page. Alternatively:

```ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'local',
      options: {
        async _render(src, env, md) {
          const html = await md.renderAsync(src, env)
          if (env.frontmatter?.search === false) return ''
          if (env.relativePath.startsWith('some/path')) return ''
          return html
        }
      }
    }
  }
})
```

:::callout{intent="warning" title="Note"}
In case a custom `_render` function is provided, you need to handle the `search: false` frontmatter yourself. Also, the `env` object won't be completely populated before `md.renderAsync` is called, so any checks on optional `env` properties like `frontmatter` should be done after that.
:::

#### Example: Transforming content - adding anchors

```ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'local',
      options: {
        async _render(src, env, md) {
          const html = await md.renderAsync(src, env)
          if (env.frontmatter?.title)
            return (await md.renderAsync(`# ${env.frontmatter.title}`)) + html
          return html
        }
      }
    }
  }
})
```

## Algolia Search

VitePress supports searching your docs site using [Algolia DocSearch](https://docsearch.algolia.com/docs/what-is-docsearch). Refer to their getting started guide. In your `.vitepress/config.ts` you'll need to provide at least the following to make it work:

```ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'algolia',
      options: {
        appId: '...',
        apiKey: '...',
        indexName: '...'
      }
    }
  }
})
```

### i18n

You can use a config like this to use multilingual search:

:::accordion{title="View full example"}
```ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'algolia',
      options: {
        appId: '...',
        apiKey: '...',
        indexName: '...',
        locales: {
          zh: {
            translations: {
              button: {
                buttonText: '搜索',
                buttonAriaLabel: '搜索'
              },
              modal: {
                searchBox: {
                  clearButtonTitle: '清除',
                  clearButtonAriaLabel: '清除查询',
                  closeButtonText: '关闭',
                  closeButtonAriaLabel: '关闭',
                  placeholderText: '搜索文档或向 AI 提问',
                  placeholderTextAskAi: '再问一个问题...',
                  placeholderTextAskAiStreaming: '正在回答...',
                  searchInputLabel: '搜索',
                  backToKeywordSearchButtonText: '返回关键词搜索',
                  backToKeywordSearchButtonAriaLabel: '返回关键词搜索',
                  newConversationPlaceholder: '提问',
                  conversationHistoryTitle: '我的对话历史',
                  startNewConversationText: '开始新的对话',
                  viewConversationHistoryText: '对话历史',
                  threadDepthErrorPlaceholder: '对话已达上限'
                },
                newConversation: {
                  newConversationTitle: '我今天能帮你什么？',
                  newConversationDescription:
                    '我会搜索你的文档，快速帮你找到设置指南、功能细节和故障排除提示。'
                },
                footer: {
                  selectText: '选择',
                  submitQuestionText: '提交问题',
                  selectKeyAriaLabel: '回车键',
                  navigateText: '导航',
                  navigateUpKeyAriaLabel: '向上箭头',
                  navigateDownKeyAriaLabel: '向下箭头',
                  closeText: '关闭',
                  backToSearchText: '返回搜索',
                  closeKeyAriaLabel: 'Esc 键',
                  poweredByText: '由…提供支持'
                },
                errorScreen: {
                  titleText: '无法获取结果',
                  helpText: '你可能需要检查网络连接。'
                },
                startScreen: {
                  recentSearchesTitle: '最近',
                  noRecentSearchesText: '暂无最近搜索',
                  saveRecentSearchButtonTitle: '保存此搜索',
                  removeRecentSearchButtonTitle: '从历史记录中移除此搜索',
                  favoriteSearchesTitle: '收藏',
                  removeFavoriteSearchButtonTitle: '从收藏中移除此搜索',
                  recentConversationsTitle: '最近对话',
                  removeRecentConversationButtonTitle: '从历史记录中移除此对话'
                },
                noResultsScreen: {
                  noResultsText: '未找到相关结果',
                  suggestedQueryText: '尝试搜索',
                  reportMissingResultsText: '认为此查询应该有结果？',
                  reportMissingResultsLinkText: '告诉我们。'
                },
                resultsScreen: {
                  askAiPlaceholder: '询问 AI：',
                  noResultsAskAiPlaceholder: '文档里没找到？让 Ask AI 帮忙：'
                },
                askAiScreen: {
                  disclaimerText: '回答由 AI 生成，可能会出错。请核实。',
                  relatedSourcesText: '相关来源',
                  thinkingText: '思考中...',
                  copyButtonText: '复制',
                  copyButtonCopiedText: '已复制！',
                  copyButtonTitle: '复制',
                  likeButtonTitle: '喜欢',
                  dislikeButtonTitle: '不喜欢',
                  thanksForFeedbackText: '感谢你的反馈！',
                  preToolCallText: '搜索中...',
                  duringToolCallText: '搜索中...',
                  afterToolCallText: '已搜索',
                  stoppedStreamingText: '你已停止此回复',
                  errorTitleText: '聊天错误',
                  startNewConversationButtonText: '开始新的对话'
                }
              }
            },
            askAi: {
              sidePanel: {
                button: {
                  translations: {
                    buttonText: '询问 AI',
                    buttonAriaLabel: '询问 AI'
                  }
                },
                panel: {
                  translations: {
                    header: {
                      title: '询问 AI',
                      conversationHistoryTitle: '我的对话历史',
                      newConversationText: '开始新的对话',
                      viewConversationHistoryText: '对话历史'
                    },
                    promptForm: {
                      promptPlaceholderText: '提问',
                      promptAnsweringText: '正在回答...',
                      promptAskAnotherQuestionText: '再问一个问题',
                      promptDisclaimerText: '回答由 AI 生成，可能会出错。',
                      promptLabelText: '按回车发送，Shift+回车换行。',
                      promptAriaLabelText: '问题输入'
                    },
                    conversationScreen: {
                      preToolCallText: '搜索中...',
                      searchingText: '搜索中...',
                      toolCallResultText: '已搜索',
                      conversationDisclaimer:
                        '回答由 AI 生成，可能会出错。请核实。',
                      reasoningText: '推理中...',
                      thinkingText: '思考中...',
                      relatedSourcesText: '相关来源',
                      stoppedStreamingText: '你已停止此回复',
                      copyButtonText: '复制',
                      copyButtonCopiedText: '已复制！',
                      likeButtonTitle: '喜欢',
                      dislikeButtonTitle: '不喜欢',
                      thanksForFeedbackText: '感谢你的反馈！',
                      errorTitleText: '聊天错误'
                    },
                    newConversationScreen: {
                      titleText: '我今天能帮你什么？',
                      introductionText:
                        '我会搜索你的文档，快速帮你找到设置指南、功能细节和故障排除提示。'
                    },
                    logo: {
                      poweredByText: '由…提供支持'
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
})
```
:::

Refer [official Algolia docs](https://docsearch.algolia.com/docs/api#translations) to learn more about them. To quickly get started, you can also copy the translations used by this site from [our GitHub repo](https://github.com/search?q=repo\:vuejs/vitepress+%22function+searchOptions%22\&type=code).

### Algolia Ask AI Support

If you would like to include **Ask AI**, pass the `askAi` option (or any of the partial fields) inside `options`:

```ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'algolia',
      options: {
        appId: '...',
        apiKey: '...',
        indexName: '...',
        // askAi: "YOUR-ASSISTANT-ID"
        // OR
        askAi: {
          // at minimum you must provide the assistantId you received from Algolia
          assistantId: 'XXXYYY',
          // optional overrides – if omitted, the top-level appId/apiKey/indexName values are reused
          // apiKey: '...',
          // appId: '...',
          // indexName: '...'
        }
      }
    }
  }
})
```

:::callout{intent="warning" title="Note"}
If you want to default to keyword search and do not want to use Ask AI, omit the `askAi` property.
:::

### Ask AI Side Panel

DocSearch v4.5+ supports an optional **Ask AI side panel**. When enabled, it can be opened with **Ctrl/Cmd+I** by default. The [Sidepanel API Reference](https://docsearch.algolia.com/docs/sidepanel/api-reference) contains the full list of options.

```ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'algolia',
      options: {
        appId: '...',
        apiKey: '...',
        indexName: '...',
        askAi: {
          assistantId: 'XXXYYY',
          sidePanel: {
            panel: {
              variant: 'floating', // or 'inline'
              side: 'right',
              width: '360px',
              expandedWidth: '580px',
              suggestedQuestions: true
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
})
```

Use `askAi.sidePanel.panel.suggestedQuestions` for side panel suggested
questions. Algolia's standalone Ask AI examples also mention
`askAi.suggestedQuestions`, but that top-level option is not enough for
VitePress side panel mode and does not make the integrated keyword-search
modal display suggested questions on first open.

If you need to disable the keyboard shortcut, use the `keyboardShortcuts` option at the sidepanel root level:

```ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'algolia',
      options: {
        appId: '...',
        apiKey: '...',
        indexName: '...',
        askAi: {
          assistantId: 'XXXYYY',
          sidePanel: {
            keyboardShortcuts: {
              'Ctrl/Cmd+I': false
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
})
```

#### Mode (auto / sidePanel / hybrid / modal)

You can optionally control how VitePress integrates keyword search and Ask AI:

- `mode: 'auto'` (default): infer `hybrid` when keyword search is configured, otherwise `sidePanel` when Ask AI side panel is configured.
- `mode: 'sidePanel'`: force side panel only (hides the keyword search button).
- `mode: 'hybrid'`: enable keyword search modal + Ask AI side panel (requires keyword search configuration).
- `mode: 'modal'`: keep Ask AI inside the DocSearch modal (even if you configured the side panel).

#### Ask AI only (no keyword search)

If you want to use **Ask AI side panel only**, you can omit top-level keyword search config and provide credentials under `askAi`:

```ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'algolia',
      options: {
        mode: 'sidePanel',
        askAi: {
          assistantId: 'XXXYYY',
          appId: '...',
          apiKey: '...',
          indexName: '...',
          sidePanel: true
        }
      }
    }
  }
})
```

### Crawler Config

Here is an example config based on what this site uses:

```js
new Crawler({
  appId: '...',
  apiKey: '...',
  rateLimit: 8,
  startUrls: ['https://vitepress.dev/'],
  renderJavaScript: false,
  sitemaps: [],
  exclusionPatterns: [],
  ignoreCanonicalTo: false,
  discoveryPatterns: ['https://vitepress.dev/**'],
  schedule: 'at 05:10 on Saturday',
  actions: [
    {
      indexName: 'vitepress',
      pathsToMatch: ['https://vitepress.dev/**'],
      recordExtractor: ({ $, helpers }) => {
        return helpers.docsearch({
          recordProps: {
            lvl1: '.content h1',
            content: '.content p, .content li',
            lvl0: {
              selectors: 'section.has-active div h2',
              defaultValue: 'Documentation'
            },
            lvl2: '.content h2',
            lvl3: '.content h3',
            lvl4: '.content h4',
            lvl5: '.content h5'
          },
          indexHeadings: true
        })
      }
    }
  ],
  initialIndexSettings: {
    vitepress: {
      attributesForFaceting: ['type', 'lang'],
      attributesToRetrieve: ['hierarchy', 'content', 'anchor', 'url'],
      attributesToHighlight: ['hierarchy', 'hierarchy_camel', 'content'],
      attributesToSnippet: ['content:10'],
      camelCaseAttributes: ['hierarchy', 'hierarchy_radio', 'content'],
      searchableAttributes: [
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio_camel.lvl0)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio.lvl0)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio_camel.lvl1)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio.lvl1)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio_camel.lvl2)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio.lvl2)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio_camel.lvl3)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio.lvl3)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio_camel.lvl4)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio.lvl4)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio_camel.lvl5)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio.lvl5)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio_camel.lvl6)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_radio.lvl6)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_camel.lvl0)',
        'unordered(hierarchy.lvl0)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_camel.lvl1)',
        'unordered(hierarchy.lvl1)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_camel.lvl2)',
        'unordered(hierarchy.lvl2)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_camel.lvl3)',
        'unordered(hierarchy.lvl3)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_camel.lvl4)',
        'unordered(hierarchy.lvl4)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_camel.lvl5)',
        'unordered(hierarchy.lvl5)',
        'unordered(hierarchy_camel.lvl6)',
        'unordered(hierarchy.lvl6)',
        'content'
      ],
      distinct: true,
      attributeForDistinct: 'url',
      customRanking: [
        'desc(weight.pageRank)',
        'desc(weight.level)',
        'asc(weight.position)'
      ],
      ranking: [
        'words',
        'filters',
        'typo',
        'attribute',
        'proximity',
        'exact',
        'custom'
      ],
      highlightPreTag: '<span class="algolia-docsearch-suggestion--highlight">',
      highlightPostTag: '</span>',
      minWordSizefor1Typo: 3,
      minWordSizefor2Typos: 7,
      allowTyposOnNumericTokens: false,
      minProximity: 1,
      ignorePlurals: true,
      advancedSyntax: true,
      attributeCriteriaComputedByMinProximity: true,
      removeWordsIfNoResults: 'allOptional'
    }
  }
})
```

## Related pages

- [Default Theme Config](./reference-default-theme-config.md)
- [Nav](./reference-default-theme-nav.md)
- [Sidebar](./reference-default-theme-sidebar.md)
- [Home Page](./reference-default-theme-home-page.md)
- [Footer](./reference-default-theme-footer.md)
- [Layout](./reference-default-theme-layout.md)
- [Badge](./reference-default-theme-badge.md)
- [Team Page](./reference-default-theme-team-page.md)
- [Prev Next Links](./reference-default-theme-prev-next-links.md)
- [Edit Link](./reference-default-theme-edit-link.md)

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