Elasticsearch - - Open Source, Distributed, RESTful, Search Engine. Lucene - Apache Solr. Toastdriven/django-haystack. Whoosh 2.4.0. Fast, pure-Python full text indexing, search, and spell checking library. Package Documentation Whoosh is a fast, featureful full-text indexing and searching library implemented in pure Python. Programmers can use it to easily add search functionality to their applications and websites.
Every part of how Whoosh works can be extended or replaced to meet your needs exactly. Some of Whoosh's features include: Pythonic API.Pure-Python. Whoosh might be useful in the following circumstances: Anywhere a pure-Python solution is desirable to avoid having to build/compile native libraries (or force users to build/compile them).As a research platform (at least for programmers that find Python easier to read and work with than Java ;)When an easy-to-use Pythonic interface is more important to you than raw speed. Whoosh was created and is maintained by Matt Chaput. This software is licensed under the terms of the simplified BSD (A.K.A.
. $ easy_install Whoosh or $ pip install Whoosh. The Xapian Project.