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Open Source Search with Lucene & Solr

If you ever needed to add text-indexing or search to your application, then Lucene & Solr should be on top of your radar. A detailed look at the ecosystem and current users of both projects.

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I think sphinx is better for full-text searching. sphinx search project thinking-sphinx gem

Only if you already use Java, otherwise use sphinx

Sphinx sucks when it comes to sorting by dynamic attributes such as values retrieved from methods. Solr + acts_as_solr_reloaded is AWESOME!

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