Show HN: PHP-fts – Full-text search engine in pure PHP, no extensions

Category: library

Tags: full-text-search, php, search-engine

Score: 6.8/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

PHP-fts is a pure PHP full-text search engine that uses trigram indexing and BM25 scoring, requiring no external services or extensions. It is interesting because it brings capable search to constrained environments like shared hosting, with features like field boosting, filters, and compaction usually found in much larger systems.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/olivier-ls/php-fts · PHP · MIT · 98 stars

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