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Are people still using Sphinx Search (http://sphinxsearch.com http://sphinxsearch.com) at all? It doesn't seem like it gets many releases anymore...since they u

Are people still using Sphinx Search (http://sphinxsearch.com http://sphinxsearch.com) at all? It doesn't seem like it gets many releases anymore...since they unpublished the source code, it's hard to see how much activity there is.

makillik 7y ago
We just migrated from Sphinx to using the full text search indexes in PostgreSQL, we had to deal with some changes in how special characters are handled, but it's worked well enough.
- drenvuk 7y ago
  Do you have any numbers on your requests or searches per second in a real use case? I've really been wondering this as I've been considering manticore which is the major sphinx fork.
  - jzawodn 7y ago
    If you need high query rates, I suspect manticore will stand up quite nicely.
- snikolaev 7y ago
  As far as I remember few years ago they didn't have BM25 and even TF-IDF support. Have they added that? Are you experiencing any issues with full-text search quality after migrating from Sphinx (you probably used BM15(+F) which is BM25 w/o doc length).
pQd 7y ago
https://manticoresearch.com/ https://manticoresearch.com/ is the lively, open source, fork of Sphinxsearch. that's where some of the earlier developers from the project moved to. it's used as a text-search backend on craigslist.
- jzawodn 7y ago
  Definitely. I love me some manticore. :-)
- altendo 7y ago
  this is cool! Definitely will give it a look.
chenster 7y ago
We use it on https://dealbert.net https://dealbert.net
- snikolaev 7y ago
  I see you don't have autocomplete in the search box. You might be interested in this interactive course https://play.manticoresearch.com/simpleautocomplete/ https://play.manticoresearch.com/simpleautocomplete/ It's about Manticore, but may be used with Sphinx too.
adventured 7y ago
I'm using a 2.x version of Sphinx and have been for many years. I refuse to upgrade the version. I haven't been able to break/crash the version I'm using under nearly any common circumstances or loads, so I'm sticking with it until I find an alternative that is dramatically better. I've learned every nuance of it over time and can make it sing & dance exactly how I want it to. I consider it a spectacular piece of software; it does a thing and does it well, reliably.

makillik 7y ago

We just migrated from Sphinx to using the full text search indexes in PostgreSQL, we had to deal with some changes in how special characters are handled, but it's worked well enough.

drenvuk 7y ago
Do you have any numbers on your requests or searches per second in a real use case? I've really been wondering this as I've been considering manticore which is the major sphinx fork.
- jzawodn 7y ago
  If you need high query rates, I suspect manticore will stand up quite nicely.
snikolaev 7y ago
As far as I remember few years ago they didn't have BM25 and even TF-IDF support. Have they added that? Are you experiencing any issues with full-text search quality after migrating from Sphinx (you probably used BM15(+F) which is BM25 w/o doc length).

pQd 7y ago

https://manticoresearch.com/ https://manticoresearch.com/ is the lively, open source, fork of Sphinxsearch. that's where some of the earlier developers from the project moved to. it's used as a text-search backend on craigslist.

jzawodn 7y ago
Definitely. I love me some manticore. :-)
altendo 7y ago
this is cool! Definitely will give it a look.

chenster 7y ago

We use it on https://dealbert.net https://dealbert.net

snikolaev 7y ago
I see you don't have autocomplete in the search box. You might be interested in this interactive course https://play.manticoresearch.com/simpleautocomplete/ https://play.manticoresearch.com/simpleautocomplete/ It's about Manticore, but may be used with Sphinx too.

adventured 7y ago

I'm using a 2.x version of Sphinx and have been for many years. I refuse to upgrade the version. I haven't been able to break/crash the version I'm using under nearly any common circumstances or loads, so I'm sticking with it until I find an alternative that is dramatically better. I've learned every nuance of it over time and can make it sing & dance exactly how I want it to. I consider it a spectacular piece of software; it does a thing and does it well, reliably.