How to Add Full-Text Search to Your Blog Without a Backend
Published on: June 19, 2025
Whether you are building a portfolio, a tech blog, or a documentation site, search is crucial. But setting up Algolia or ElasticSearch can be overkill for simple static websites.
Meet next-static-search
next-static-search is a minimal, no-API solution built on Pagefind. It indexes your static content and gives you blazing-fast full-text search in the browser.
Zero Vendor Lock-in
Everything is built during your export. No vendor costs, no API keys, no data leaving your site. Just pure static goodness.
- ✅ Works with Next.js
export - âš¡ Zero runtime JS costs
- 🧩 Easy to integrate with custom UI