GrassyKnoll

GrassyKnoll is a search engine written in Python.

News

• Slides from the talk at the NYC Python User Group Meeting on June 17 are up.
• Version 0.4 is due out soon. This will be the first production-ready release.
• We had a great PyCon2008.
• Version 0.3 is out! Get it from the download page.
• The Warren Commission has reconvened and development is active again. Huzzah!

Highlights

• High-performance storage options: PyLucene, SQLite, DBM, Memcached
• A RESTful HTTP frontend
• Easy-to-use wire formats: JSON, HTML
• Clients in Python and Javascript
• A clean, powerful data model
• Lock-free Concurrency
• Extensive high-level and source code documentation
• A large suite of UnitTests

Use Cases

Grassyknoll can provide network-accessible search platform for applications such as:

• Database Search: add text search to your relational database
• Site Search: provide search this site functionality on your website
• Intranet Search: index all of your enterprise data
• Desktop Search: simultaneously index and search your laptop's documents, emails, etc.
• More!

Hot Links

• Install Grassyknoll
• Try the Tutorial
• ContactUs
• CIA Bot

Available Versions

• Development takes place on trunk. RECOMMENDED
• Version 0.3 is an exploratory release. It is available from the downloads page. You can also get the source from subversion. It's fully functional but not production ready.