diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index a1212768c8b..510a841eded 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ This serves two purposes:
 - Moved the Vite build step to run before the site build to prevent duplicate media asset transfers in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/2013
 - Ported the HydeSearch plugin used for the documentation search to be an Alpine.js implementation in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/2029
   - Renamed Blade component `hyde::components.docs.search-widget` to `hyde::components.docs.search-modal` in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/2029
+  - Added support for customizing the search implementation by creating a `resources/js/HydeSearch.js` file in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/2031
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/packages/framework/resources/js/HydeSearch.js b/packages/framework/resources/js/HydeSearch.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff8a6591f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/framework/resources/js/HydeSearch.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+function initHydeSearch(searchIndexUrl) {
+    return {
+        searchIndex: [],
+        searchTerm: '',
+        results: [],
+        isLoading: true,
+        statusMessage: '',
+
+        async init() {
+            const response = await fetch(searchIndexUrl);
+            if (!response.ok) {
+                console.error('Could not load search index');
+                return;
+            }
+            this.searchIndex = await response.json();
+            this.isLoading = false;
+        },
+
+        search() {
+            const startTime = performance.now();
+            this.results = [];
+
+            if (!this.searchTerm) {
+                this.statusMessage = '';
+                window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('search-results-updated', { detail: { hasResults: false } }));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            const searchResults = this.searchIndex.filter(entry =>
+                entry.title.toLowerCase().includes(this.searchTerm.toLowerCase()) ||
+                entry.content.toLowerCase().includes(this.searchTerm.toLowerCase())
+            );
+
+            if (searchResults.length === 0) {
+                this.statusMessage = 'No results found.';
+                window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('search-results-updated', { detail: { hasResults: false } }));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            const totalMatches = searchResults.reduce((acc, result) => {
+                return acc + (result.content.match(new RegExp(this.searchTerm, 'gi')) || []).length;
+            }, 0);
+
+            searchResults.sort((a, b) => {
+                return (b.content.match(new RegExp(this.searchTerm, 'gi')) || []).length
+                    - (a.content.match(new RegExp(this.searchTerm, 'gi')) || []).length;
+            });
+
+            this.results = searchResults.map(result => {
+                const matches = (result.content.match(new RegExp(this.searchTerm, 'gi')) || []).length;
+                const context = this.getSearchContext(result.content);
+                return { ...result, matches, context };
+            });
+
+            const timeMs = Math.round((performance.now() - startTime) * 100) / 100;
+            this.statusMessage = `Found ${totalMatches} result${totalMatches !== 1 ? 's' : ''} in ${searchResults.length} pages. ~${timeMs}ms`;
+
+            window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('search-results-updated', { detail: { hasResults: true } }));
+        },
+
+        getSearchContext(content) {
+            const searchTermPos = content.toLowerCase().indexOf(this.searchTerm.toLowerCase());
+            const sentenceStart = content.lastIndexOf('.', searchTermPos) + 1;
+            const sentenceEnd = content.indexOf('.', searchTermPos) + 1;
+            const sentence = content.substring(sentenceStart, sentenceEnd).trim();
+            const template = document.getElementById('search-highlight-template');
+
+            return sentence.replace(
+                new RegExp(this.searchTerm, 'gi'),
+                match => {
+                    const mark = template.content.querySelector('mark').cloneNode();
+                    mark.textContent = match;
+                    return mark.outerHTML;
+                }
+            );
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/packages/framework/resources/views/components/docs/hyde-search.blade.php b/packages/framework/resources/views/components/docs/hyde-search.blade.php
index 08964cf60e7..85289f86dfd 100644
--- a/packages/framework/resources/views/components/docs/hyde-search.blade.php
+++ b/packages/framework/resources/views/components/docs/hyde-search.blade.php
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 @props(['modal' => true])
 
 <div id="hyde-search" x-data="hydeSearch">
+    <template id="search-highlight-template">
+        <mark class="bg-yellow-400 dark:bg-yellow-300"></mark>
+    </template>
+
     <div class="relative">
         <input type="search" name="search" id="search-input" x-model="searchTerm" @input="search()" placeholder="Search..." autocomplete="off" autofocus
                 {{ $attributes->merge(['class' => 'w-full rounded text-base leading-normal bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-700 py-2 px-3']) }}
@@ -27,78 +31,15 @@
     </div>
 
     <script>
+		{!! file_get_contents(file_exists(Hyde::path('resources/js/HydeSearch.js')) 
+			? Hyde::path('resources/js/HydeSearch.js')
+			: Hyde::vendorPath('resources/js/HydeSearch.js')
+		) !!}
+        
         document.addEventListener('alpine:init', () => {
-            Alpine.data('hydeSearch', () => ({
-                searchIndex: [],
-                searchTerm: '',
-                results: [],
-                isLoading: true,
-                statusMessage: '',
-
-                async init() {
-                    const response = await fetch('{{ Hyde::relativeLink(\Hyde\Framework\Features\Documentation\DocumentationSearchIndex::outputPath()) }}');
-                    if (!response.ok) {
-                        console.error('Could not load search index');
-                        return;
-                    }
-                    this.searchIndex = await response.json();
-                    this.isLoading = false;
-                },
-
-                search() {
-                    const startTime = performance.now();
-                    this.results = [];
-
-                    if (!this.searchTerm) {
-                        this.statusMessage = '';
-                        window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('search-results-updated', { detail: { hasResults: false } }));
-                        return;
-                    }
-
-                    const searchResults = this.searchIndex.filter(entry =>
-                        entry.title.toLowerCase().includes(this.searchTerm.toLowerCase()) ||
-                        entry.content.toLowerCase().includes(this.searchTerm.toLowerCase())
-                    );
-
-                    if (searchResults.length === 0) {
-                        this.statusMessage = 'No results found.';
-                        window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('search-results-updated', { detail: { hasResults: false } }));
-                        return;
-                    }
-
-                    const totalMatches = searchResults.reduce((acc, result) => {
-                        return acc + (result.content.match(new RegExp(this.searchTerm, 'gi')) || []).length;
-                    }, 0);
-
-                    searchResults.sort((a, b) => {
-                        return (b.content.match(new RegExp(this.searchTerm, 'gi')) || []).length
-                            - (a.content.match(new RegExp(this.searchTerm, 'gi')) || []).length;
-                    });
-
-                    this.results = searchResults.map(result => {
-                        const matches = (result.content.match(new RegExp(this.searchTerm, 'gi')) || []).length;
-                        const context = this.getSearchContext(result.content);
-                        return { ...result, matches, context };
-                    });
-
-                    const timeMs = Math.round((performance.now() - startTime) * 100) / 100;
-                    this.statusMessage = `Found ${totalMatches} result${totalMatches !== 1 ? 's' : ''} in ${searchResults.length} pages. ~${timeMs}ms`;
-
-                    window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('search-results-updated', { detail: { hasResults: true } }));
-                },
-
-                getSearchContext(content) {
-                    const searchTermPos = content.toLowerCase().indexOf(this.searchTerm.toLowerCase());
-                    const sentenceStart = content.lastIndexOf('.', searchTermPos) + 1;
-                    const sentenceEnd = content.indexOf('.', searchTermPos) + 1;
-                    const sentence = content.substring(sentenceStart, sentenceEnd).trim();
-
-                    return sentence.replace(
-                        new RegExp(this.searchTerm, 'gi'),
-                        match => `<mark class="bg-yellow-400 dark:bg-yellow-300">${match}</mark>`
-                    );
-                }
-            }));
+            Alpine.data('hydeSearch', () => 
+                initHydeSearch('{{ Hyde::relativeLink(\Hyde\Framework\Features\Documentation\DocumentationSearchIndex::outputPath()) }}')
+            );
         });
     </script>
 </div>