diff --git a/data/versions.yml b/data/versions.yml
index f7d6363f23c8..2b19762f6202 100644
--- a/data/versions.yml
+++ b/data/versions.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,11 @@ main: "1.26"
 
 # The version of Istio currently documented in preliminary.istio.io
 preliminary: "1.27"
+
+supported_versions:
+  - version: "latest"
+  - version: "v1.25"
+  - version: "v1.24"
+  - version: "v1.23"
+  - version: "v1.22"
+  - version: "v1.21"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layouts/_default/search.html b/layouts/_default/search.html
index 306e8713ee0d..ef17566665eb 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/search.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/search.html
@@ -1,59 +1,41 @@
-{{ define "main" }}
-
-{{ partial "primary_top.html" . }}
-
-<div class="search-results">
-    <script>
-        (function() {
-            let cx;
-            {{ if .Site.Data.args.preliminary }}
-                cx = '{{ .Site.Data.args.preliminary_search_engine_id }}';
-            {{ else if .Site.Data.args.archive }}
-                cx = '{{ .Site.Data.args.archive_search_engine_id }}';
-            {{ else }}
-                cx = '{{ .Site.Data.args.main_search_engine_id }}';
-            {{ end }}
-            if(window.location.href.includes('&site=')){
-                cx = '{{ .Site.Data.args.docs_search_engine_id }}';
-            }
-                const gcse = document.createElement('script');
-                gcse.type = 'text/javascript';
-                gcse.async = true;
-                gcse.src = 'https://cse.google.com/cse.js?cx=' + cx;
-                const s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
-                s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s);
-            })();
-    </script>
-
-    {{ if .Site.Data.args.archive }}
-        <gcse:searchresults-only defaultToRefinement="{{ .Site.Data.args.archive_search_refinement }}"></gcse:searchresults-only>
-    {{ else }}
-        <gcse:searchresults-only></gcse:searchresults-only>
-    {{ end }}
-</div>
-
-<script>
-    function getParameterByName(name, url) {
-        if (!url) {
-            url = window.location.href;
-        }
-        name = name.replace(/[\[\]]/g, "\\$&");
-        const regex = new RegExp("[?&]" + name + "(=([^&#]*)|&|#|$)"),
-                results = regex.exec(url);
-        if (!results) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        if (!results[2]) {
-            return '';
-        }
-        return decodeURIComponent(results[2].replace(/\+/g, " "));
-    }
-    const q = getParameterByName('q', window.location.href);
-    document.getElementsByName('q')[0].value = q;
-</script>
-
-{{ .Content }}
-
-{{ partial "primary_bottom.html" . }}
-
+{{ define "main" }}
+
+{{ partial "primary_top.html" . }}
+
+<div class="search-results">
+    <div id="search-controls">
+        {{ $languages := .Site.Data.args.supported_languages }}
+        {{ $versions := .Site.Data.versions.supported_versions }}
+
+        <label for="lang-filter">Language:</label>
+        <select id="lang-filter">
+            {{ range $languages }}
+                <option value="{{ .code }}">{{ .name }}</option>
+            {{ end }}
+        </select>
+
+        <label for="version-filter">Version:</label>
+        <select id="version-filter">
+            {{ range $versions }}
+                <option value="{{ .version }}">{{ .version }}</option>
+            {{ end }}
+        </select>
+    </div>
+
+
+    <div id="search-query-header"></div>
+    <div id="search-results">Loading results...</div>
+    <div id="pagination-controls">
+        <div><button id="prev-page" class="btn" disabled>Previous</button></div>
+        <span id="page-info"></span>
+        <div><button id="next-page" class="btn" disabled>Next</button></div>
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/algoliasearch@4/dist/algoliasearch-lite.umd.js"></script>
+
+{{ .Content }}
+
+{{ partial "primary_bottom.html" . }}
+
 {{ end }}
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diff --git a/layouts/partials/header.html b/layouts/partials/header.html
index cc4107465b0f..1ac7522d9ff9 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/header.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/header.html
@@ -55,19 +55,35 @@
             
         </div>
 
-        <form id="search-form" class="search" name="cse" role="search">
-            {{ if .Site.Data.args.preliminary }}
-                <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="{{ .Site.Data.args.preliminary_search_engine_id }}" />
-            {{ else if or .Site.Data.args.archive .Site.Data.args.archive_landing }}
-                <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="{{ .Site.Data.args.archive_search_engine_id }}" />
-            {{ else }}
-                <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="{{ .Site.Data.args.main_search_engine_id }}" />
-            {{ end }}
-            <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="utf-8" />
-            <input type="hidden" name="hl" value="{{ .Page.Lang }}" />
-            <input type="hidden" id="search-page-url" value="{{ "/search" | relLangURL }}" />
-            <input id="search-textbox" class="search-textbox form-control" name="q" type="search" aria-label='{{ i18n "search" }}' placeholder='{{ i18n "search_label" }}' />
-            <button id="search-close" title='{{ i18n "search_cancel" }}' type="reset" aria-label='{{ i18n "search_cancel" }}'>{{ partial "icon.html" "menu-close" }}</button>
+        <form id="search-form" class="search" role="search" onsubmit="return redirectToSearch(event)">
+        <input id="search-textbox" class="search-textbox form-control" name="q" type="search" placeholder="Search..." />
+        <button id="search-close" type="reset">{{ partial "icon.html" "menu-close" }}</button>
         </form>
+
+        <script>
+        function redirectToSearch(event) {
+            event.preventDefault();
+
+            const query = document.getElementById('search-textbox').value.trim();
+            if (!query) return false;
+
+            const pathParts = window.location.pathname.split('/').filter(Boolean);
+            let version = 'latest';
+            let lang = '';
+
+            for (const part of pathParts) {
+                if (/^v[0-9.]+$/.test(part) || part === 'latest') {
+                    version = part;
+                } else if (/^[a-z]{2}(-[a-z]{2})?$/.test(part)) {
+                    lang = part;
+                }
+            }
+            const langSegment = (lang && lang !== 'en') ? `/${lang}` : '';
+            const searchUrl = `/${version}${langSegment}/search/?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}`;
+
+            window.location.href = searchUrl;
+            return false;
+        }
+        </script>
     </nav>
 </header>
diff --git a/scripts/gen_site.sh b/scripts/gen_site.sh
index 73ba9cb3cfe9..52b56158c192 100755
--- a/scripts/gen_site.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen_site.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ babel --source-maps --minified --no-comments --presets minify \
   tmp/js/callToAction.js \
   tmp/js/events.js \
   tmp/js/faq.js \
+  tmp/js/search.js \
   --out-file generated/js/all.min.js
 
 babel --source-maps --minified --no-comments --presets minify \
diff --git a/src/ts/search.js b/src/ts/search.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4c59c44d3aad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ts/search.js
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+const appId = '95IG3UJ1LV';
+const apiKey = '23827432dd1f4c529eece856289a421c';
+const indexName = 'istio';
+
+const searchClient = algoliasearch(appId, apiKey);
+const index = searchClient.initIndex(indexName);
+
+function getParameterByName(name, url = window.location.href) {
+    name = name.replace(/[\[\]]/g, "\\$&");
+    const regex = new RegExp("[?&]" + name + "(=([^&#]*)|&|#|$)");
+    const results = regex.exec(url);
+    if (!results) return null;
+    if (!results[2]) return '';
+    return decodeURIComponent(results[2].replace(/\+/g, " "));
+}
+
+function extractVersionAndLangFromPath() {
+    const pathParts = window.location.pathname.split('/');
+    let version = 'latest';
+    let lang = 'en';
+
+    for (const part of pathParts) {
+        if (/^v[0-9.]+$/.test(part) || part === 'latest') {
+            version = part;
+        } else if (/^[a-z]{2}(-[a-z]{2})?$/.test(part)) {
+            lang = part;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return { version, lang };
+}
+
+function updateURLParam(param, value) {
+    const url = new URL(window.location.href);
+    url.searchParams.set(param, value);
+    window.history.pushState({}, '', url);
+}
+
+const query = getParameterByName('q') || '';
+let page = parseInt(getParameterByName('page')) || 0;
+const hitsPerPage = 10;
+
+const { version, lang } = extractVersionAndLangFromPath();
+
+// Set default dropdowns
+window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
+    document.getElementById('version-filter').value = version;
+    document.getElementById('lang-filter').value = lang;
+
+    document.getElementById('search-query-header').innerHTML =
+        `<h3>Search results for "<strong>${query}</strong>"</h3>`;
+
+    function runSearch() {
+        const selectedVersion = document.getElementById('version-filter').value;
+        const selectedLang = document.getElementById('lang-filter').value;
+
+        index.search(query, {
+            hitsPerPage,
+            page,
+            facetFilters: [
+                [`lang:${selectedLang}`],
+                [`version:${selectedVersion}`]
+            ]
+        }).then(({ hits, nbPages }) => {
+            const container = document.getElementById('search-results');
+            if (hits.length === 0) {
+                container.innerHTML = `<p>No results found for "<strong>${query}</strong>".</p>`;
+                document.getElementById('pagination-controls').style.display = 'none';
+                return;
+            }
+
+            container.innerHTML = hits.map(hit => {
+                const title = hit.hierarchy?.lvl1 || '(No Title)';
+                const subtitle = hit.hierarchy?.lvl2 ? ` > ${hit.hierarchy.lvl2}` : '';
+                const fullUrl = hit.anchor ? `${hit.url_without_anchor}#${hit.anchor}` : hit.url;
+
+                return `
+                    <div class="search-hit">
+                        <a href="${fullUrl}">
+                            <h2>${title}${subtitle}</h2>
+                            <p>${hit.content?.substring(0, 160) || ''}</p>
+                        </a>
+                        <div class="hit-meta">
+                            <span><strong>URL:</strong> <a href="${fullUrl}">${fullUrl}</a></span>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                `;
+            }).join('');
+            document.getElementById('pagination-controls').style.display = 'flex';
+            document.getElementById('page-info').textContent = `Page ${page + 1} of ${nbPages}`;
+            document.getElementById('prev-page').disabled = page <= 0;
+            document.getElementById('next-page').disabled = page + 1 >= nbPages;
+        }).catch(err => {
+            document.getElementById('search-results').innerHTML = `<p>Error fetching results: ${err.message}</p>`;
+        });
+    }
+
+    document.getElementById('prev-page').addEventListener('click', () => {
+        if (page > 0) {
+            page--;
+            updateURLParam('page', page);
+            runSearch();
+        }
+    });
+
+    document.getElementById('next-page').addEventListener('click', () => {
+        page++;
+        updateURLParam('page', page);
+        runSearch();
+    });
+
+    document.getElementById('version-filter').addEventListener('change', runSearch);
+    document.getElementById('lang-filter').addEventListener('change', runSearch);
+
+    runSearch();
+});