diff --git a/docusaurus.config.js b/docusaurus.config.js
index 2ced3fc3..97eaf20f 100644
--- a/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -120,21 +120,13 @@ const config = {
       theme: require("./src/internals/prism-github"),
       darkTheme: require("./src/internals/prism-dracula"),
     },
-
-    ...(typeof process.env.ALGOLIA_API_KEY === "string" &&
-    typeof process.env.ALGOLIA_APP_ID === "string"
-      ? {
-          algolia: {
-            appId: process.env.ALGOLIA_APP_ID,
-            apiKey: process.env.ALGOLIA_API_KEY,
-            indexName: "questdb",
-            // Disable /search page
-            searchPagePath: false,
-            contextualSearch: false,
-            externalUrlRegex: 'questdb\\.io',
-          },
-        }
-      : {}),
+    algolia: {
+      appId: process.env.ALGOLIA_APP_ID || 'placeholder-app-id',
+      apiKey: process.env.ALGOLIA_API_KEY || 'placeholder-api-key',
+      indexName: "questdb",
+      searchPagePath: false,
+      contextualSearch: false,
+    },
   },
   presets: [
     [
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67b9d088..3fd1cf52 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@docusaurus/faster": "^3.6.3",
     "@docusaurus/theme-mermaid": "^3.6.3",
+    "@docusaurus/theme-search-algolia": "^3.6.3",
     "@headlessui/react": "^2.2.0",
     "@heroicons/react": "2.2.0",
     "@mdx-js/react": "3.1.0",
diff --git a/src/theme/SearchBar/index.tsx b/src/theme/SearchBar/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fcd2988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/theme/SearchBar/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+import React, {useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useState} from 'react';
+import {createPortal} from 'react-dom';
+import {DocSearchButton, useDocSearchKeyboardEvents} from '@docsearch/react';
+import Head from '@docusaurus/Head';
+import Link from '@docusaurus/Link';
+import {useHistory} from '@docusaurus/router';
+import {
+  isRegexpStringMatch,
+  useSearchLinkCreator,
+} from '@docusaurus/theme-common';
+import {
+  useAlgoliaContextualFacetFilters,
+  useSearchResultUrlProcessor,
+} from '@docusaurus/theme-search-algolia/client';
+import Translate from '@docusaurus/Translate';
+import useDocusaurusContext from '@docusaurus/useDocusaurusContext';
+import translations from '@theme/SearchTranslations';
+
+import type {AutocompleteState} from '@algolia/autocomplete-core';
+import type {
+  DocSearchModal as DocSearchModalType,
+  DocSearchModalProps,
+} from '@docsearch/react';
+import type {
+  InternalDocSearchHit,
+  StoredDocSearchHit,
+} from '@docsearch/react/dist/esm/types';
+import type {SearchClient} from 'algoliasearch/lite';
+
+type DocSearchProps = Omit<
+  DocSearchModalProps,
+  'onClose' | 'initialScrollY'
+> & {
+  contextualSearch?: string;
+  externalUrlRegex?: string;
+  searchPagePath: boolean | string;
+};
+
+let DocSearchModal: typeof DocSearchModalType | null = null;
+
+function Hit({
+  hit,
+  children,
+}: {
+  hit: InternalDocSearchHit | StoredDocSearchHit;
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+}) {
+  // Transform URL once and use it in both places
+  const transformUrl = (url: string) => {
+    return (url.startsWith('/docs/glossary/') || url.startsWith('/docs/blog/'))
+      ? url.replace('/docs/', '/')
+      : url;
+  };
+
+  const finalUrl = transformUrl(hit.url);
+  
+  const handleClick = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    window.location.assign(finalUrl);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <a href={finalUrl} onClick={handleClick}>
+      {children}
+    </a>
+  );
+}
+
+type ResultsFooterProps = {
+  state: AutocompleteState<InternalDocSearchHit>;
+  onClose: () => void;
+};
+
+function ResultsFooter({state, onClose}: ResultsFooterProps) {
+  const createSearchLink = useSearchLinkCreator();
+
+  return (
+    <Link to={createSearchLink(state.query)} onClick={onClose}>
+      <Translate
+        id="theme.SearchBar.seeAll"
+        values={{count: state.context.nbHits}}>
+        {'See all {count} results'}
+      </Translate>
+    </Link>
+  );
+}
+
+type FacetFilters = Required<
+  Required<DocSearchProps>['searchParameters']
+>['facetFilters'];
+
+function mergeFacetFilters(f1: FacetFilters, f2: FacetFilters): FacetFilters {
+  const normalize = (
+    f: FacetFilters,
+  ): readonly string[] | readonly (string | readonly string[])[] =>
+    typeof f === 'string' ? [f] : f;
+  return [...normalize(f1), ...normalize(f2)] as FacetFilters;
+}
+
+function DocSearch({
+  contextualSearch,
+  externalUrlRegex,
+  ...props
+}: DocSearchProps) {
+  const {siteMetadata} = useDocusaurusContext();
+  const processSearchResultUrl = useSearchResultUrlProcessor();
+
+  const contextualSearchFacetFilters =
+    useAlgoliaContextualFacetFilters() as FacetFilters;
+
+  const configFacetFilters: FacetFilters =
+    props.searchParameters?.facetFilters ?? [];
+
+  const facetFilters: FacetFilters = contextualSearch
+    ? // Merge contextual search filters with config filters
+      mergeFacetFilters(contextualSearchFacetFilters, configFacetFilters)
+    : // ... or use config facetFilters
+      configFacetFilters;
+
+  // We let user override default searchParameters if she wants to
+  const searchParameters: DocSearchProps['searchParameters'] = {
+    ...props.searchParameters,
+    facetFilters,
+  };
+
+  const history = useHistory();
+  const searchContainer = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  const searchButtonRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
+  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [initialQuery, setInitialQuery] = useState<string | undefined>(
+    undefined,
+  );
+
+  const importDocSearchModalIfNeeded = useCallback(() => {
+    if (DocSearchModal) {
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+
+    return Promise.all([
+      import('@docsearch/react/modal') as Promise<
+        typeof import('@docsearch/react')
+      >,
+      import('@docsearch/react/style'),
+      import('./styles.css'),
+    ]).then(([{DocSearchModal: Modal}]) => {
+      DocSearchModal = Modal;
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  const prepareSearchContainer = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!searchContainer.current) {
+      const divElement = document.createElement('div');
+      searchContainer.current = divElement;
+      document.body.insertBefore(divElement, document.body.firstChild);
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  const openModal = useCallback(() => {
+    prepareSearchContainer();
+    importDocSearchModalIfNeeded().then(() => setIsOpen(true));
+  }, [importDocSearchModalIfNeeded, prepareSearchContainer]);
+
+  const closeModal = useCallback(() => {
+    setIsOpen(false);
+    searchButtonRef.current?.focus();
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleInput = useCallback(
+    (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (event.key === 'f' && (event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey)) {
+        // ignore browser's ctrl+f
+        return;
+      }
+      // prevents duplicate key insertion in the modal input
+      event.preventDefault();
+      setInitialQuery(event.key);
+      openModal();
+    },
+    [openModal],
+  );
+
+  const navigator = useRef({
+    navigate({itemUrl}: {itemUrl?: string}) {
+      // Algolia results could contain URL's from other domains which cannot
+      // be served through history and should navigate with window.location
+      if (isRegexpStringMatch(externalUrlRegex, itemUrl)) {
+        window.location.href = itemUrl!;
+      } else {
+        history.push(itemUrl!);
+      }
+    },
+  }).current;
+
+  const transformItems = useRef<DocSearchModalProps['transformItems']>(
+    (items) =>
+      props.transformItems
+        ? // Custom transformItems
+          props.transformItems(items)
+        : // Default transformItems
+          items.map((item) => ({
+            ...item,
+            url: processSearchResultUrl(item.url),
+          })),
+  ).current;
+
+  const resultsFooterComponent: DocSearchProps['resultsFooterComponent'] =
+    useMemo(
+      () =>
+        // eslint-disable-next-line react/no-unstable-nested-components
+        (footerProps: Omit<ResultsFooterProps, 'onClose'>): JSX.Element =>
+          <ResultsFooter {...footerProps} onClose={closeModal} />,
+      [closeModal],
+    );
+
+  const transformSearchClient = useCallback(
+    (searchClient: SearchClient) => {
+      searchClient.addAlgoliaAgent(
+        'docusaurus',
+        siteMetadata.docusaurusVersion,
+      );
+
+      return searchClient;
+    },
+    [siteMetadata.docusaurusVersion],
+  );
+
+  useDocSearchKeyboardEvents({
+    isOpen,
+    onOpen: openModal,
+    onClose: closeModal,
+    onInput: handleInput,
+    searchButtonRef,
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Head>
+        {/* This hints the browser that the website will load data from Algolia,
+        and allows it to preconnect to the DocSearch cluster. It makes the first
+        query faster, especially on mobile. */}
+        <link
+          rel="preconnect"
+          href={`https://${props.appId}-dsn.algolia.net`}
+          crossOrigin="anonymous"
+        />
+      </Head>
+
+      <DocSearchButton
+        onTouchStart={importDocSearchModalIfNeeded}
+        onFocus={importDocSearchModalIfNeeded}
+        onMouseOver={importDocSearchModalIfNeeded}
+        onClick={openModal}
+        ref={searchButtonRef}
+        translations={translations.button}
+      />
+
+      {isOpen &&
+        DocSearchModal &&
+        searchContainer.current &&
+        createPortal(
+          <DocSearchModal
+            onClose={closeModal}
+            initialScrollY={window.scrollY}
+            initialQuery={initialQuery}
+            navigator={navigator}
+            transformItems={transformItems}
+            hitComponent={Hit}
+            transformSearchClient={transformSearchClient}
+            {...(props.searchPagePath && {
+              resultsFooterComponent,
+            })}
+            {...props}
+            searchParameters={searchParameters}
+            placeholder={translations.placeholder}
+            translations={translations.modal}
+          />,
+          searchContainer.current,
+        )}
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+export default function SearchBar(): JSX.Element {
+  const {siteConfig} = useDocusaurusContext();
+  return <DocSearch {...(siteConfig.themeConfig.algolia as DocSearchProps)} />;
+}
diff --git a/src/theme/SearchBar/styles.css b/src/theme/SearchBar/styles.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdf8dff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/theme/SearchBar/styles.css
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+:root {
+  --docsearch-primary-color: var(--ifm-color-primary);
+  --docsearch-text-color: var(--ifm-font-color-base);
+}
+
+.DocSearch-Button {
+  margin: 0;
+  transition: all var(--ifm-transition-fast)
+    var(--ifm-transition-timing-default);
+}
+
+.DocSearch-Container {
+  z-index: calc(var(--ifm-z-index-fixed) + 1);
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5d65c4af..0b72e9a2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@
     mermaid ">=10.4"
     tslib "^2.6.0"
 
-"@docusaurus/theme-search-algolia@3.6.3":
+"@docusaurus/theme-search-algolia@3.6.3", "@docusaurus/theme-search-algolia@^3.6.3":
   version "3.6.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@docusaurus/theme-search-algolia/-/theme-search-algolia-3.6.3.tgz#1a3331a489f392f5b032c4efc5f431e57eddf7ce"
   integrity sha512-rt+MGCCpYgPyWCGXtbxlwFbTSobu15jWBTPI2LHsHNa5B0zSmOISX6FWYAPt5X1rNDOqMGM0FATnh7TBHRohVA==