xapian ☆

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Description:
C++ search engine library

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.4.30@0 | Tracked Since: Oct 12, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: search-engine library c++ information-retrieval indexing

Install: brew install xapian

About:
Xapian is a highly adaptable open-source search engine library written in C++. It provides a robust, scalable platform for building complex search and information retrieval applications. Its core value lies in its flexibility, allowing developers to create tailored search solutions with advanced ranking and filtering capabilities.

Key Features:

Probabilistic Information Retrieval
Highly extensible indexing and query languages
Bindings for multiple languages (Python, PHP, Java, Ruby, etc.)
Supports faceted search and filtering

Use Cases:

Implementing site-specific search engines
Building document retrieval systems for enterprise data
Creating recommendation engines based on content similarity

Alternatives:

Apache Lucene – Lucene is Java-based and extremely popular, but Xapian offers a lightweight C++ core with a different probabilistic weighting model.
Elasticsearch – Elasticsearch is a full distributed system built on Lucene, whereas Xapian is a lower-level library intended to be embedded into applications.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 12, 2025 10:24am		0	VERSION_BUMP	75fbaa21
Sep 10, 2025 10:56pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	b015435f