Get Wumpus
Download, install, and start searching your files in minutes.
01 Latest Stable Release
Wumpus Desktop Search
Version 2.0 | Last updated: November 2011
Wumpus ships as source code. Grab the tarball, compile it on your Linux box, and you'll have a fully indexed, searchable file system in minutes.
System Requirements
- Linux kernel 2.6+ (all major distros)
- GCC compiler (for building from source)
- 256 MB RAM minimum (1 GB+ recommended)
- zlib development headers (optional)
02 Quick Start Guide
# Download and extract
wget https://stefan.buettcher.org/cs/wumpus/wumpus-2011-11-10.tar.gz
tar xzf wumpus-2011-11-10.tar.gz
cd wumpus
# Build from source
./configure && make
# Index your home directory
bin/wumpus index --path ~/Documents
# Run your first search
bin/wumpus search "your search query"03 Older Releases
Need a specific version? All previous releases are available:
2009-02-02
BM25F ranking + N-gram support
2007-11-23
Bug fixes for index extent fetching
2007-09-07
New on-disk index format
2006-05-03
TREC Terabyte benchmark release