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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. It gives visitors faster, more useful results while keeping the architecture lighter and easier to control.

  • 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.

Experience Scolta Now

Eight purpose-built LIVE DEMOS across Drupal, WordPress, and Laravel, each using realistic content volume in a real industry context. 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 →
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 →

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Why Teams Choose Scolta

  • Scalable Search Quality

    Search that scales with growing content. Tested to 50k pages on shared hosting with no search server required.

  • No SaaS Tax

    Search runs in your browser, not on a server. No Solr, no Elasticsearch, no hosted search platform to operate or pay for.

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  • Consistency Across Stacks

    One Engine. Any Site. Scolta's scoring engine is platform-agnostic. Behavior stays consistent across properties; tuning carries over. Currently includes open source connectors for Drupal, WordPress, and Laravel. Many more coming soon.

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  • Privacy by Design

    You own your content. You own your search index. You own your analytics. Everything lives on your existing web server.

  • Works Where You Already Host

    Works with the hosting you already use. Scolta supports managed hosting environments that restrict server access, and can scale to faster build workflows as your needs grow.

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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
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Latest Insights

From Scolta to the broader future of AI search

More Practical guidance from the team behind Scolta, plus insights on AI search, discoverability, and applied AI for teams building better digital experiences.

Practical Guidance from Tag1 Experts

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