diff --git a/notesapi/v1/views/__init__.py b/notesapi/v1/views/__init__.py
index eef7e9b4..f1794265 100644
--- a/notesapi/v1/views/__init__.py
+++ b/notesapi/v1/views/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ def get_views_module():
     Import views from either mysql or elasticsearch backend
     """
     if settings.ES_DISABLED:
-        from . import common as backend_module
+        if getattr(settings, "MEILISEARCH_ENABLED", False):
+            from . import meilisearch as backend_module
+        else:
+            from . import common as backend_module
     else:
         from . import elasticsearch as backend_module
     return backend_module
diff --git a/notesapi/v1/views/meilisearch.py b/notesapi/v1/views/meilisearch.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..853d1b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notesapi/v1/views/meilisearch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+"""
+Meilisearch views to search for annotations.
+
+To enable this backend, define the following settings:
+
+ES_DISABLED = True
+MEILISEARCH_ENABLED = True
+
+Then check the Client class for more information about Meilisearch credential settings.
+
+When you start using this backend, you might want to re-index all your content. To do that, run:
+
+    ./manage.py shell -c "from notesapi.v1.views.meilisearch import reindex; reindex()"
+"""
+
+import traceback
+
+import meilisearch
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.paginator import Paginator
+from django.db.models import signals
+from django.dispatch import receiver
+
+from notesapi.v1.models import Note
+
+from .common import AnnotationSearchView as BaseAnnotationSearchView
+from .exceptions import SearchViewRuntimeError
+
+
+class Client:
+    """
+    Simple Meilisearch client class
+
+    It depends on the following Django settings:
+
+    - MEILISEARCH_URL
+    - MEILISEARCH_API_KEY
+    - MEILISEARCH_INDEX
+    """
+
+    _CLIENT = None
+    _INDEX = None
+    FILTERABLES = ["user_id", "course_id"]
+
+    @property
+    def meilisearch_client(self) -> meilisearch.Client:
+        """
+        Return a meilisearch client.
+        """
+        if self._CLIENT is None:
+            self._CLIENT = meilisearch.Client(
+                getattr(settings, "MEILISEARCH_URL", "http://meilisearch:7700"),
+                getattr(settings, "MEILISEARCH_API_KEY", ""),
+            )
+        return self._CLIENT
+
+    @property
+    def meilisearch_index(self) -> meilisearch.index.Index:
+        """
+        Return the meilisearch index used to store annotations.
+
+        If the index does not exist, it is created. And if it does not have the right
+        filterable fields, then it is updated.
+        """
+        if self._INDEX is None:
+            index_name = getattr(settings, "MEILISEARCH_INDEX", "student_notes")
+            try:
+                self._INDEX = self.meilisearch_client.get_index(index_name)
+            except meilisearch.errors.MeilisearchApiError:
+                task = self.meilisearch_client.create_index(
+                    index_name, {"primaryKey": "id"}
+                )
+                self.meilisearch_client.wait_for_task(task.task_uid, timeout_in_ms=2000)
+                self._INDEX = self.meilisearch_client.get_index(index_name)
+
+            # Checking filterable attributes
+            existing_filterables = set(self._INDEX.get_filterable_attributes())
+            if not set(self.FILTERABLES).issubset(existing_filterables):
+                all_filterables = list(existing_filterables.union(self.FILTERABLES))
+                self._INDEX.update_filterable_attributes(all_filterables)
+
+        return self._INDEX
+
+
+class AnnotationSearchView(BaseAnnotationSearchView):
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        """
+        Simple result filtering method based on test search.
+
+        We simply include in the query only those that match the text search query. Note
+        that this backend does not support highlighting (yet).
+        """
+        if not self.is_text_search:
+            return super().get_queryset()
+
+        queryset = Note.objects.filter(**self.query_params).order_by("-updated")
+
+        # Define meilisearch params
+        filters = [
+            f"user_id = '{self.params['user']}'",
+            f"course_id = '{self.params['course_id']}'",
+        ]
+        page_size = int(self.params["page_size"])
+        offset = (int(self.params["page"]) - 1) * page_size
+
+        # Perform search
+        search_results = Client().meilisearch_index.search(
+            self.params["text"],
+            {"offset": offset, "limit": page_size, "filter": filters},
+        )
+
+        # Limit to these ID
+        queryset = queryset.filter(id__in=[r["id"] for r in search_results["hits"]])
+        return queryset
+
+
+@receiver(signals.post_save, sender=Note)
+def on_note_save(sender, instance, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    """
+    Create or update a document.
+    """
+    add_documents([instance])
+
+
+@receiver(signals.post_delete, sender=Note)
+def on_note_delete(sender, instance, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    """
+    Delete a document.
+    """
+    Client().meilisearch_index.delete_document(instance.id)
+
+
+def reindex():
+    """
+    Re-index all notes, in batches of 100.
+    """
+    paginator = Paginator(Note.objects.all(), 100)
+    for page_number in paginator.page_range:
+        page = paginator.page(page_number)
+        add_documents(page.object_list)
+
+
+def add_documents(notes):
+    """
+    Convert some Note objects and insert them in the index.
+    """
+    documents_to_add = [
+        {
+            "id": note.id,
+            "user_id": note.user_id,
+            "course_id": note.course_id,
+            "text": note.text,
+        }
+        for note in notes
+    ]
+    if documents_to_add:
+        Client().meilisearch_index.add_documents(documents_to_add)
+
+
+def heartbeat():
+    """
+    Check that the meilisearch client is healthy.
+    """
+    if not Client().meilisearch_client.is_healthy():
+        raise SearchViewRuntimeError("meilisearch")
+
+
+def selftest():
+    """
+    Check that we can access the meilisearch index.
+    """
+    try:
+        return {"meilisearch": Client().meilisearch_index.created_at}
+    except meilisearch.errors.MeilisearchError as e:
+        raise SearchViewRuntimeError(
+            {"meilisearch_error": traceback.format_exc()}
+        ) from e
diff --git a/requirements/base.in b/requirements/base.in
index dc2ab72b..0a9b7105 100644
--- a/requirements/base.in
+++ b/requirements/base.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ elasticsearch-dsl
 django-elasticsearch-dsl
 django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf
 django-cors-headers
+meilisearch
 mysqlclient
 PyJWT
 gunicorn     # MIT
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 30bc5a40..f6470daa 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #
 #    make upgrade
 #
+annotated-types==0.7.0
+    # via pydantic
 asgiref==3.8.1
     # via
     #   django
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@ attrs==24.2.0
     # via
     #   jsonschema
     #   referencing
+camel-converter[pydantic]==4.0.1
+    # via meilisearch
 certifi==2024.8.30
     # via
     #   elasticsearch
@@ -100,6 +104,8 @@ jsonschema==4.23.0
     # via drf-spectacular
 jsonschema-specifications==2024.10.1
     # via jsonschema
+meilisearch==0.31.5
+    # via -r requirements/base.in
 mysqlclient==2.2.5
     # via -r requirements/base.in
 newrelic==10.2.0
@@ -120,6 +126,10 @@ psutil==6.1.0
     # via edx-django-utils
 pycparser==2.22
     # via cffi
+pydantic==2.9.2
+    # via camel-converter
+pydantic-core==2.23.4
+    # via pydantic
 pyjwt[crypto]==2.9.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.in
@@ -147,6 +157,7 @@ requests==2.32.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.in
     #   edx-drf-extensions
+    #   meilisearch
 rpds-py==0.21.0
     # via
     #   jsonschema
@@ -169,7 +180,8 @@ stevedore==5.3.0
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
     # via
     #   edx-opaque-keys
-    #   elasticsearch-dsl
+    #   pydantic
+    #   pydantic-core
 uritemplate==4.1.1
     # via drf-spectacular
 urllib3==1.26.20
diff --git a/requirements/ci.txt b/requirements/ci.txt
index e128790a..be859b79 100644
--- a/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -4,31 +4,479 @@
 #
 #    make upgrade
 #
+annotated-types==0.7.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pydantic
+asgiref==3.8.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   django
+    #   django-cors-headers
+astroid==3.3.5
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pylint
+    #   pylint-celery
+attrs==24.2.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   jsonschema
+    #   referencing
 cachetools==5.5.0
-    # via tox
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   tox
+camel-converter[pydantic]==4.0.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   meilisearch
+certifi==2024.8.30
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   elasticsearch
+    #   requests
+cffi==1.17.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   cryptography
+    #   pynacl
 chardet==5.2.0
-    # via tox
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   diff-cover
+    #   tox
+charset-normalizer==3.4.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   requests
+click==8.1.7
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   click-log
+    #   code-annotations
+    #   edx-django-utils
+    #   edx-lint
+click-log==0.4.0
+    # via edx-lint
+code-annotations==1.8.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/quality.in
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-lint
 colorama==0.4.6
-    # via tox
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   tox
+coverage[toml]==7.6.4
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pytest-cov
+cryptography==43.0.3
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pyjwt
+ddt==1.7.2
+    # via -r requirements/test.txt
+diff-cover==9.2.0
+    # via -r requirements/test.txt
+dill==0.3.9
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pylint
 distlib==0.3.9
-    # via virtualenv
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   virtualenv
+django==4.2.16
+    # via
+    #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openedx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   django-cors-headers
+    #   django-crum
+    #   django-nine
+    #   django-waffle
+    #   djangorestframework
+    #   drf-jwt
+    #   drf-spectacular
+    #   edx-django-release-util
+    #   edx-django-utils
+    #   edx-drf-extensions
+django-cors-headers==4.6.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+django-crum==0.7.9
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-django-utils
+django-elasticsearch-dsl==7.4
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf
+django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf==0.22.5
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+django-nine==0.2.7
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf
+django-waffle==4.1.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-django-utils
+    #   edx-drf-extensions
+djangorestframework==3.15.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf
+    #   drf-jwt
+    #   drf-spectacular
+    #   edx-drf-extensions
+dnspython==2.7.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pymongo
+drf-jwt==1.19.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-drf-extensions
+drf-spectacular==0.27.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+edx-django-release-util==1.4.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+edx-django-utils==7.0.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-drf-extensions
+edx-drf-extensions==10.5.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+edx-lint==5.4.1
+    # via -r requirements/quality.in
+edx-opaque-keys==2.11.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-drf-extensions
+elasticsearch==7.13.4
+    # via
+    #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openedx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf
+    #   elasticsearch-dsl
+elasticsearch-dsl==7.4.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   django-elasticsearch-dsl
+    #   django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf
+factory-boy==3.3.1
+    # via -r requirements/test.txt
+faker==30.8.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   factory-boy
 filelock==3.16.1
     # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   tox
     #   virtualenv
+gunicorn==23.0.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+idna==3.10
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   requests
+inflection==0.5.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   drf-spectacular
+iniconfig==2.0.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pytest
+isort==5.13.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pylint
+jinja2==3.1.4
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   code-annotations
+    #   diff-cover
+jsonschema==4.23.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   drf-spectacular
+jsonschema-specifications==2024.10.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   jsonschema
+markupsafe==3.0.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   jinja2
+mccabe==0.7.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pylint
+meilisearch==0.31.5
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+more-itertools==10.5.0
+    # via -r requirements/test.txt
+mysqlclient==2.2.5
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+newrelic==10.2.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-django-utils
 packaging==24.2
     # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   django-nine
+    #   gunicorn
     #   pyproject-api
+    #   pytest
     #   tox
+path==17.0.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   path-py
+path-py==12.5.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+pbr==6.1.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   stevedore
+pep8==1.7.1
+    # via -r requirements/test.txt
 platformdirs==4.3.6
     # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pylint
     #   tox
     #   virtualenv
 pluggy==1.5.0
-    # via tox
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   diff-cover
+    #   pytest
+    #   tox
+psutil==6.1.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-django-utils
+pycodestyle==2.12.1
+    # via -r requirements/quality.in
+pycparser==2.22
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   cffi
+pydantic==2.9.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   camel-converter
+pydantic-core==2.23.4
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pydantic
+pygments==2.18.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   diff-cover
+pyjwt[crypto]==2.9.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   drf-jwt
+    #   edx-drf-extensions
+pylint==3.3.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/quality.in
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-lint
+    #   pylint-celery
+    #   pylint-django
+    #   pylint-plugin-utils
+pylint-celery==0.3
+    # via edx-lint
+pylint-django==2.6.1
+    # via edx-lint
+pylint-plugin-utils==0.8.2
+    # via
+    #   pylint-celery
+    #   pylint-django
+pymongo==4.10.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-opaque-keys
+pynacl==1.5.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-django-utils
 pyproject-api==1.8.0
-    # via tox
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   tox
+pytest==8.3.3
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pytest-cov
+    #   pytest-django
+pytest-cov==6.0.0
+    # via -r requirements/test.txt
+pytest-django==4.9.0
+    # via -r requirements/test.txt
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   elasticsearch-dsl
+    #   faker
+python-slugify==8.0.4
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   code-annotations
+pytz==2024.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+pyyaml==6.0.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   code-annotations
+    #   drf-spectacular
+    #   edx-django-release-util
+referencing==0.35.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   jsonschema
+    #   jsonschema-specifications
+requests==2.32.3
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-drf-extensions
+    #   meilisearch
+rpds-py==0.21.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   jsonschema
+    #   referencing
+semantic-version==2.10.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-drf-extensions
+six==1.16.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   django-elasticsearch-dsl
+    #   django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf
+    #   edx-django-release-util
+    #   edx-lint
+    #   elasticsearch-dsl
+    #   python-dateutil
+sqlparse==0.5.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   django
+stevedore==5.3.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   code-annotations
+    #   edx-django-utils
+    #   edx-opaque-keys
+text-unidecode==1.3
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   python-slugify
+tomlkit==0.13.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pylint
 tox==4.23.2
-    # via -r requirements/ci.in
+    # via -r requirements/test.txt
+typing-extensions==4.12.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-opaque-keys
+    #   faker
+    #   pydantic
+    #   pydantic-core
+uritemplate==4.1.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   drf-spectacular
+urllib3==1.26.20
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   elasticsearch
+    #   requests
 virtualenv==20.27.1
-    # via tox
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   tox
+
+# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
+setuptools==75.3.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index d8412d3f..6251f94c 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #
 #    make upgrade
 #
+annotated-types==0.7.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   pydantic
 asgiref==3.8.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
@@ -20,6 +24,10 @@ attrs==24.2.0
     #   referencing
 cachetools==5.5.0
     # via tox
+camel-converter[pydantic]==4.0.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   meilisearch
 certifi==2024.8.30
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
@@ -175,6 +183,8 @@ markupsafe==3.0.2
     # via jinja2
 mccabe==0.7.0
     # via pylint
+meilisearch==0.31.5
+    # via -r requirements/base.txt
 more-itertools==10.5.0
     # via -r requirements/test.in
 mysqlclient==2.2.5
@@ -221,6 +231,14 @@ pycparser==2.22
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   cffi
+pydantic==2.9.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   camel-converter
+pydantic-core==2.23.4
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   pydantic
 pygments==2.18.0
     # via diff-cover
 pyjwt[crypto]==2.9.0
@@ -273,6 +291,7 @@ requests==2.32.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   edx-drf-extensions
+    #   meilisearch
 rpds-py==0.21.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
@@ -311,6 +330,8 @@ typing-extensions==4.12.2
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   edx-opaque-keys
     #   faker
+    #   pydantic
+    #   pydantic-core
 uritemplate==4.1.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt