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Scolta

Site search without the search server

Open source AI search you can plug into any site. Built on Pagefind, scored in the browser, with nothing extra to host.

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HOW SCOLTA WORKS

Scolta is built for teams that need stronger search without defaulting to a hosted platform or a dedicated server-based stack.

  • Index.

    At publish time, Scolta builds a static search index. No search server required.

  • Score.

    Scolta re-ranks results in the visitor’s browser, improving relevance and surfacing stronger matches first.

  • Enhance.

    AI-enhanced features can expand queries, summarize results, and support follow-up questions.

Webinar On-Demand

Best-in-class AI Site Search without the Middleman.

Most AI search tools make you dependent on vendors you don't need and deliver answers that sound nothing like your site. Watch Hank VanZile walk through Scolta, Tag1's open source AI search solution that delivers intelligent, context-aware search without SaaS, third-party infrastructure, or a big-vendor bill.

See the Live Demo

Scolta Demos & Downloads

Try It. Then Own It.

No signup. No vendor account. See how Scolta works on real content, then install it on your own infrastructure.

See It In Action

Nine purpose-built live demos across Drupal, WordPress, and Laravel. Find the one closest to your platform and try it yourself.

Drupal

ComplianceIQ

Regulatory Compliance: Search GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, SOX, PCI-DSS and more in plain English. Scolta bridges the gap between how people ask and how regulations are written.

💡 Try searching: "we got hacked, what do we do"
Open ComplianceIQ →
Drupal

The Athenaeum

Encyclopedia / Knowledge Base: 6,900 of Wikipedia's highest-quality articles. Scolta surfaces cross-domain connections that keyword search simply cannot make.

💡 Try searching: "animals that build" or "forgotten kingdoms"
Open The Athenaeum →
Drupal

Meridian AI

Higher Education: A fictional AI graduate institute with 8 degree programs, 40+ faculty, and 160+ courses. Scolta handles mixed content types including programs, research, news, resources.

💡 Try searching: "AI ethics graduate program"
Open Meridian AI →
Drupal

GitMastery

Technical Documentation: Multilingual Git documentation in 5 languages. Users search "undo a commit", not "reset HEAD". Scolta closes the gap between how developers think and how docs are written.

💡 Try searching: "undo a commit"
Open GitMastery →
WordPress

Count Down to Apollo

Blog / Publishing: A personal Space Race diary — 200+ narrative posts from 1957 to 1973, spanning Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. Shows Scolta on emotional, story-driven content with no product catalog or structured taxonomy.

💡 Try searching: "what was the mood after Apollo 1"
Open Count Down to Apollo →
WordPress

Terra Collecta

Specialty E-Commerce: 1,000 rare minerals, gemstones, fossils, and meteorites on WooCommerce. AI relevance shines when product names are highly technical and shoppers search in plain language.

💡 Try searching: "something blue and sparkly from a volcano"
Open Terra Collecta →
WordPress

Fork & Find

Recipes / Content Catalog: A recipe catalog drawn from the Wikibooks Cookbook. Cooks search by mood, ingredients on hand, or dietary needs rather than exact recipe titles, and Scolta matches intent instead of keywords.

💡 Try searching: "something warm with lentils for a rainy night"
Open Fork & Find →
Laravel

Medical on the Moon

Medical Reference: 408 conditions, 132 medications, and 110 procedures adapted for life in 1/6 gravity, cosmic radiation, and regolith dust. Dense structured reference content — where search precision isn't optional.

💡 Try searching: "what happens if I break my arm on the moon"
Open Medical on the Moon →
Laravel

MyStream

Social Platform: 12,500+ casual social posts. Scolta returns results that share zero words with your query — the purest demonstration of semantic search doing what keyword matching can't.

💡 Try searching: "puppy problems" or "cooking disasters"
Open MyStream →

Download Scolta

Open source and ready to install. Pick the package for your platform.

  • Scolta Core

    Smarter rankings, AI summaries, and query expansion on top of Pagefind, with no search server to run - everything happens in the visitor's browser. Integrate it into any custom build, whatever your stack.

    Get Scolta Core

  • Scolta PHP

    Native PHP indexing for Scolta: build your search index directly from your application, no Node.js required. It's the same library that powers the Drupal, WordPress, and Laravel packages, so a custom PHP build gets the identical foundation.

    Get Scolta PHP

  • Drupal

    Scolta AI search for Drupal 10 and 11: Search API integration, Drush commands, and a ready-to-place search block. Configurable relevance scoring, AI summaries, and natural language query expansion, with no search server to run.

    Get the Drupal module

  • WordPress

    Scolta AI search for WordPress: a self-contained plugin with a drop-in shortcode and WP-CLI commands for building the index. Search runs in the visitor's browser, so it works on any WordPress hosting - no search service to stand up or pay for.

    Get the WordPress plugin

  • Laravel

    Scolta AI search for Laravel: Artisan commands, a Searchable trait for your Eloquent models, and a ready-made Blade search component. Index at deploy time; queries resolve in the browser, with optional AI summaries and follow-up questions.

    Get the Laravel package

  • Next.js

    Scolta AI search for Next.js: a drop-in search component, ready-made API routes for the AI tier, and an optional Payload CMS module. Index at build time and ship fully static, or run server mode for the live AI tier.

    Get the Next.js adapter

  • Nuxt

    Scolta AI search for Nuxt 3: add the module to your config and it registers the routes and the search component for you, no manual imports. Index at deploy time and search in the browser; switch on server mode when you want the live AI tier.

    Get the Nuxt adapter

  • Astro

    Scolta AI search for Astro, built for Astro's build-first model: generate your index at build, ship a static site, and let queries resolve in the browser with no search server to run. Add a server adapter when you want the live AI tier.

    Get the Astro adapter

  • Python

    Native Python indexing for Scolta: build your search index directly from your application, no Node.js required. It's the same foundation the Django package builds on, ready for any Python app.

    Get Scolta Python

  • Django

    Scolta AI search for Django and Wagtail: a SearchableMixin for your models, management commands to build the index, and a template tag to drop the search widget into any page. Search runs in the visitor's browser and the AI tier runs inside your app - no new infrastructure to stand up.

    Get the Django package
Photo of Jeremy Andrews and Hank VanZile, the Tag1 leaders behind Scolta

The Tag1 Team

The team that built it is the team that tunes it.

The team behind Scolta also understands the architecture, platform constraints, and tuning work that determine whether search performs well in practice. Tag1 wrote the engine and ships it in production. When you are evaluating fit for your stack, Tag1 should be part of the conversation.

Meet the Leaders Behind Scolta

Ready for a Better Site Search

Site Search Without the Server

If you're evaluating search for a content-driven site, or you've outgrown a hosted search vendor, we can help you assess fit, architecture, and next steps with confidence.

Request a Search Audit