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-## 🎃 Hacktoberfest
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-It’s Hacktoberfest 2022 @Meilisearch
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-[Hacktoberfest](https://hacktoberfest.com/) is a celebration of the open-source community. This year, and for the third time in a row, Meilisearch is participating in this fantastic event.
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-You’d like to contribute? Don’t hesitate to check out our [contributing guidelines](./CONTRIBUTING.md).
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 ## ✨ Features
 
 - **Search-as-you-type:** find search results in less than 50 milliseconds