Related Projects

Other open-source search tools and information retrieval projects worth exploring.

Search Engines

Lucene / Solr

High-performance text search engine library written in Java. Solr is the popular search platform built on Lucene.

lucene.apache.org →

Xapian

Open source search engine library for adding advanced full-text search to applications.

xapian.org →

Elasticsearch

Distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine capable of addressing a growing number of use cases.

elastic.co →

Everything

Ultra-fast file/folder name search engine for Windows. Locates files and folders by name instantly.

voidtools.com →

Desktop Search

Recoll

Personal full text search tool. Indexes documents from your desktop for quick searching.

lesbonscomptes.com/recoll →

Tracker

Desktop search engine and metadata storage system for GNOME. Indexes file content and metadata.

tracker.gnome.org →

locate / mlocate

Traditional Unix file location utility. Searches a periodic database for file names.

Built-in Linux tool

ripgrep

Line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for regex patterns.

github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep →