Swirl Search
SWIRL serves teams and AI agents the canonical, approved answers pulled live from existing enterprise systems without copying data or using vector databases.
Swirl Search is an open-source alternative to:
SWIRL
SWIRL is the private knowledge layer for enterprise AI, delivering canonical, organization-approved answers pulled live from your existing systems—no copying, no secondary indexes, and no vector databases required.
Key Features
- Live Federated Search: One query searches across all enterprise sources (M365, SharePoint, Salesforce, iManage, Box, Snowflake, databases, and 150+ others) in real time.
- Canonical Answer Selection: Teams pin and endorse the authoritative version of any document or policy, ensuring AI agents and humans receive the approved answer—not the model’s best guess.
- Permission-Aware Access: Respects existing security models and permissions in each source system, eliminating the need for data duplication or governance overhead.
- Agentic Enablement via MCP: Headless API-first architecture with a first-class MCP server, enabling safe AI agent integration without data leaving your tenant.
- Semantic Deduplication & Ranking: Clusters versions of the same document, scores them by source authority, naming, and recency, and elects the canonical version with explainability.
- Token Efficiency: Avoids unnecessary data copying and vector database indexing, reducing costs and complexity.
- Enterprise-Ready Security: Supports SSO, OAuth2, and OIDC with no bulk data movement or secondary storage.
- Plug-and-Play Deployment: Free tier available with Apache 2.0 license; enterprise deployments supported via private cloud or on-premises.
Tech / Self-Hosting
- Open Source Core: The SWIRL search engine is open source (Apache 2.0) and available on GitHub.
- Self-Hosting Options: Deployable in your own cloud workspace (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) or on-premises with one-click installation.
- MCP Integration: Native support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) enables seamless integration with AI agents like Claude, Copilot, and custom solutions.
- Connectors & Plugins: Extensive library of pre-built connectors for enterprise systems (M365, SharePoint, Salesforce, iManage, Box, databases, etc.).
- Scalability: Designed for high-performance federated search across distributed enterprise environments.
SWIRL eliminates the risks of AI adoption by ensuring your data stays in place, your security model remains intact, and your teams and agents always receive the approved, canonical answer.