Fastcatsearch is an open-source distributed search engine.

• Korean: Use Fastcatsearch Korea group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/fastcatsearch/
• English: Use google groups - https://groups.google.com/d/forum/fastcatsearch

• Distributed index and search
• Support search broker - merge sub-search results
• Manage config files as XML
• RESTFul search API
• Search result provides JSON, XML format
• Running on Java JVM
• Support QPS maximum 200 queries / seconds
• Index data can be restored to previous time

• Boolean search, natual languae search
• Support synonym, stopword
• Search result summary, and highlight.
• Multiple filed searching
• Multiple field sorting
• Multiple field filtering
• Multiple field grouping
• Support various dbms data importing
• Support custom file data importing
• Support MS Office, PDF document indexing
• Indexing schduling
• Full indexing, increment indexing

The license is GNU LGPL v2.1

It's free and you can use it however you want it wharever way.

You don't need to open your closed source unless you distribute derived works to others.

For more information, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html

1. Download source from github repository

2. Maven it

   $ cd fastcatsearch-{version}
   $ maven install

3. Done

   Copy built directory to some where you want to install. Now, it's ready to run.

• Port Check

  Default port is 8090. If this port is used, you can change it in config file.

  In conf/id.properties file, find line servicePort=8090 and change port number you want.

• Memory size

  Default memory size is 512m. To change this value, open bin/start.sh and change HEAP_MEMORY_SIZE=512m you want.

1. Run shell script

   Linux : run script bin/start.sh Windows : run script bin/start.cmd

   See log at logs/system.log

   If you see CatServer started! in last of log file, search engine has been loaded.

2. Check server is alive

   Using web browser, access url http://localhost:8090/service/isAlive

   If result is {"status":"ok"} server started successfully.

To manage search engine, you need manager tool - fastcatsearch-console.

See https://github.com/fastcatsearch/fastcatsearch-console

You can make collections on fastcatsearch, edit configs, and index documents using fastcatsearch-console.

• Resources : You can find manuals and tutorials on the http://fastcatsearch.org site.

• Support : Google groups - https://groups.google.com/d/forum/fastcatsearch. Join and get free support.