ZincSearch
A lightweight open-source search engine for full-text indexing.
ZincSearch is a lightweight, self-hosted search engine written in Go that provides full-text indexing with an Elasticsearch-compatible ingestion API and a dedicated Vue-based UI. It is designed to be simple to install and resource-efficient, making it suitable for app search and small-scale search workloads.
Key Features
- Full-text indexing capability
- Single binary distribution with multi-platform releases
- Web UI for querying data (built with Vue)
- Compatibility with Elasticsearch APIs for data ingestion (single-record and bulk)
- Out-of-the-box authentication
- Schema-less data model: different documents in the same index can have different fields
- Index storage on disk
- Aggregation support
- Built on the Bluge indexing library for efficient search
Use Cases
- App search and site search for applications and websites
- Lightweight indexing of documents, emails, product catalogs, or similar data
- Quick, self-hosted search deployments for small teams or private environments
Limitations and Considerations
- Kibana is not supported; ZincSearch provides its own Vue-based UI
Conclusion
ZincSearch offers a compact, Go-based search solution for full-text indexing with Elasticsearch API compatibility and a native UI. It is well-suited for simple app search workloads and smaller on-premise deployments that require self-hosted indexing. (github.com)
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