Hello, I'm back, for a few days. I've started to list candidates for a search engine, compare their characteristics, etc. But I need to define the criteria of selection. Here is my suggestion: - Libre Software - Exist for more than a few years - Still maintained - Can index content from command line - Can search with only frontend components (no backend needed) What do you think ? Did I miss something ? Best regards ------- Gendre Sébastien Ihor Radchenko writes: > Sébastien Gendre writes: > >> For the platform-independence, I think it would depend on the tool used. >> >> PageFind precompiler release, on their Github, is available for x86_64 >> GNU/Linux, Apple Darwin and Windows and aarch64 GNU/Linux and Apple >> Darwin. >> ... >> But if we use a search indexer written in interpreted language, as long >> as the interpreter is available, we can run it. > > Not trivial :) > We may be able to do it, and I do not see major obstacles as long as we > make this optional (some users frown upon binaries downloaded > automatically, while other users love such automation) > > However, I'd first start from implementing the feature under assumption > that the indexer/search engine is already installed. We can add > auto-downloading after we have the rest.