Sist2
Lightning-fast tag-based file indexing and search engine
sist2 is a self-hosted file system indexer and search engine that scans directories, extracts text and metadata, and serves fast full-text search through a web UI. It uses Elasticsearch or SQLite as a backend.
Key features
- File system indexing
- Full-text and tag search
- Thumbnails and previews
- Web UI
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-3.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Active community (1.3k GitHub stars)
- Written in C
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