diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
index 785938357..bd7cb4a87 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 
 COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock /
 RUN set -eux; \
-  poetry export --without-hashes > requirements.txt; \
+  poetry export --without-hashes --extras typesense > requirements.txt; \
   poetry export --without-hashes --with dev > dev-requirements.txt;
 
 FROM alpine:3.17 as builder
diff --git a/api/config/settings/common.py b/api/config/settings/common.py
index 186819448..af4e1924c 100644
--- a/api/config/settings/common.py
+++ b/api/config/settings/common.py
@@ -1458,3 +1458,21 @@ instead of request header.
 
 HASHING_ALGORITHM = "sha256"
 HASHING_CHUNK_SIZE = 1024 * 100
+
+"""
+Typenses Settings
+"""
+TYPESENSE_API_KEY = env("TYPESENSE_API_KEY", default=None)
+""" Typesense API key. This need to be defined in the .env file for Typenses to be activated."""
+TYPESENSE_PORT = env("TYPESENSE_PORT", default="8108")
+"""Typesense listening port"""
+TYPESENSE_PROTOCOL = env("TYPESENSE_PROTOCOL", default="http")
+"""Typesense listening protocol"""
+TYPESENSE_HOST = env(
+    "TYPESENSE_HOST",
+    default="typesense" if IS_DOCKER_SETUP else "localhost",
+)
+"""
+Typesense hostname. Defaults to `localhost` on non-Docker deployments and to `typesense` on
+Docker deployments.
+"""
diff --git a/api/poetry.lock b/api/poetry.lock
index 15e2680f2..e19aa02d3 100644
--- a/api/poetry.lock
+++ b/api/poetry.lock
@@ -3563,6 +3563,20 @@ all = ["twisted (>=20.3.0)", "zope.interface (>=5.2.0)"]
 dev = ["pep8 (>=1.6.2)", "pyenchant (>=1.6.6)", "pytest (>=2.6.4)", "pytest-cov (>=1.8.1)", "sphinx (>=1.2.3)", "sphinx-rtd-theme (>=0.1.9)", "sphinxcontrib-spelling (>=2.1.2)", "tox (>=2.1.1)", "tox-gh-actions (>=2.2.0)", "twine (>=1.6.5)", "wheel"]
 twisted = ["twisted (>=20.3.0)", "zope.interface (>=5.2.0)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typesense"
+version = "0.15.1"
+description = "Python client for Typesense, an open source and typo tolerant search engine."
+category = "main"
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=3"
+files = [
+    {file = "typesense-0.15.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4e87e66049e863187b5115d4743371edd5db75c80795f35a8ffe632bb407f075"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+requests = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typing-extensions"
 version = "4.5.0"
@@ -4132,7 +4146,10 @@ docs = ["Sphinx", "repoze.sphinx.autointerface"]
 test = ["coverage (>=5.0.3)", "zope.event", "zope.testing"]
 testing = ["coverage (>=5.0.3)", "zope.event", "zope.testing"]
 
+[extras]
+typesense = ["typesense"]
+
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "3725c7f5bebac81c9e7024b4d6c1918cd91fd600634c01b5bd5bc14aa52638ac"
+content-hash = "21ed086d4caa2b2a8679e8fdfc11b630f9494871aa4c48b66bae2f44cd946180"
diff --git a/api/pyproject.toml b/api/pyproject.toml
index fac270f25..1660d24e7 100644
--- a/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ requests-http-message-signatures = "==0.3.1"
 sentry-sdk = "==1.19.1"
 watchdog = "==2.2.1"
 
+# Typesense
+typesense = { version = "==0.15.1", optional = true }
+
 # Dependencies pinning
 ipython = "==7.34.0"
 pluralizer = "==1.2.0"
@@ -118,6 +121,9 @@ requests-mock = "==1.10.0"
 pylint = "==2.17.2"
 pylint-django = "==2.5.3"
 
+[tool.poetry.extras]
+typesense = ["typesense"]
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/2104.enhancement b/changes/changelog.d/2104.enhancement
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d15120f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/2104.enhancement
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Adding typesense container and api client (2104)
diff --git a/deploy/docker-compose.yml b/deploy/docker-compose.yml
index 282da092b..1c57deb3f 100644
--- a/deploy/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/docker-compose.yml
@@ -92,3 +92,16 @@ services:
     ports:
       # override those variables in your .env file if needed
       - "${FUNKWHALE_API_IP}:${FUNKWHALE_API_PORT}:80"
+
+  typesense:
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    image: typesense/typesense:0.24.0
+    networks:
+      - internal
+    volumes:
+      - ./typesense/data:/data
+    command: --data-dir /data --enable-cors
+    profiles:
+      - typesense
diff --git a/deploy/env.prod.sample b/deploy/env.prod.sample
index a8f0bd624..0ff7a5be1 100644
--- a/deploy/env.prod.sample
+++ b/deploy/env.prod.sample
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 # Additional options you may want to check:
 # - MUSIC_DIRECTORY_PATH and MUSIC_DIRECTORY_SERVE_PATH if you plan to use
 #   in-place import
+# - TYPESENSE_API_KEY if you want to enable typesense to experiment with
+#   the recommendation system set this. You can
+#   generate one using `openssl rand -base64 45`, for example
 #
 # Docker only
 # -----------
diff --git a/dev.yml b/dev.yml
index c4fae3aac..4d7a27ab7 100644
--- a/dev.yml
+++ b/dev.yml
@@ -175,6 +175,19 @@ services:
       - "./docs/swagger.yml:/usr/share/nginx/html/swagger.yml"
       - "./docs/api:/usr/share/nginx/html/api"
 
+  typesense:
+    env_file:
+      - .env.dev
+      - .env
+    image: typesense/typesense:0.24.0
+    networks:
+      - internal
+    volumes:
+      - ./typesense/data:/data
+    command: --data-dir /data --enable-cors
+    profiles:
+      - typesense
+
   # minio:
   #   image: minio/minio
   #   command: server /data