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 Apache License Version 2.0.

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

For more information, see http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt

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.