vitepress/docs/reference/default-theme-search.md

Search

Local Search

::: info You need to build and preview/deploy your site for local search to work. :::

VitePress supports fuzzy full-text search using a in-browser index thanks to minisearch. To enable this feature, simply set the themeConfig.search.provider option to 'local' in your .vitepress/config.ts file:

import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

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

Example result:

Alternatively, you can use Algolia DocSearch or some community plugins like https://www.npmjs.com/package/vitepress-plugin-search or https://www.npmjs.com/package/vitepress-plugin-pagefind.

i18n

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

import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'local',
      options: {
        locales: {
          zh: {
            translations: {
              button: {
                buttonText: '搜索文档',
                buttonAriaLabel: '搜索文档'
              },
              modal: {
                noResultsText: '无法找到相关结果',
                resetButtonTitle: '清除查询条件',
                footer: {
                  selectText: '选择',
                  navigateText: '切换'
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
})

Algolia Search

VitePress supports searching your docs site using Algolia DocSearch. Refer their getting started guide. In your .vitepress/config.ts you'll need to provide at least the following to make it work:

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:

import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: {
      provider: 'algolia',
      options: {
        appId: '...',
        apiKey: '...',
        indexName: '...',
        locales: {
          zh: {
            placeholder: '搜索文档',
            translations: {
              button: {
                buttonText: '搜索文档',
                buttonAriaLabel: '搜索文档'
              },
              modal: {
                searchBox: {
                  resetButtonTitle: '清除查询条件',
                  resetButtonAriaLabel: '清除查询条件',
                  cancelButtonText: '取消',
                  cancelButtonAriaLabel: '取消'
                },
                startScreen: {
                  recentSearchesTitle: '搜索历史',
                  noRecentSearchesText: '没有搜索历史',
                  saveRecentSearchButtonTitle: '保存至搜索历史',
                  removeRecentSearchButtonTitle: '从搜索历史中移除',
                  favoriteSearchesTitle: '收藏',
                  removeFavoriteSearchButtonTitle: '从收藏中移除'
                },
                errorScreen: {
                  titleText: '无法获取结果',
                  helpText: '你可能需要检查你的网络连接'
                },
                footer: {
                  selectText: '选择',
                  navigateText: '切换',
                  closeText: '关闭',
                  searchByText: '搜索提供者'
                },
                noResultsScreen: {
                  noResultsText: '无法找到相关结果',
                  suggestedQueryText: '你可以尝试查询',
                  reportMissingResultsText: '你认为该查询应该有结果？',
                  reportMissingResultsLinkText: '点击反馈'
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
})

These options can be overridden. Refer official Algolia docs to learn more about them.