Experimental features

Enable or disable experimental Meilisearch features from the Cloud project settings.

Meilisearch occasionally ships features in an experimental state before promoting them to stable. Experimental features are fully functional but their API or behavior may change between Meilisearch versions without a deprecation period. Be careful when enabling them in production environments.

You can enable or disable experimental features per project from Project Settings > General.

Check the box next to a feature to enable it. Changes take effect immediately without a restart or re-index.

Available features

The list of available features evolves with each Meilisearch release and is not fixed. The features shown in the Cloud UI at any given time depend on your project’s current Meilisearch version. In the example above, the UI shows:

Feature	Description
Edit documents by function	Apply custom transformations to documents using Rhai scripts, from simple formatting changes to complex logic
”CONTAINS” and “STARTS_WITH” filters	Adds the CONTAINS and STARTS_WITH filter operators to match attributes containing a substring or starting with a prefix
Composite embedders	Use different embedders at search time and indexing time
Multi-modal search	Index and search through images, text, and other formats in documents

For a complete and up-to-date list, see the experimental features API reference and the changelog.

Enterprise-only experimental features

Some experimental features are not accessible through the Cloud UI and require direct activation by the Meilisearch team. If you need access to a feature that is not listed in your project settings, contact [e-mail] or reach out to [e-mail] for Enterprise plans.

Stability notice

Experimental features are not covered by the standard API stability guarantee. If you rely on one in production, monitor the changelog for changes or promotion to stable.