sphinxsearch/sphinx
Sphinx search server observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4106
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 988
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1829 stars · 375 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Sphinx is an open-source full-text search server written in C++, providing fast indexing and querying of structured and unstructured data. This repository hosts the legacy 2.x branch, which is no longer actively developed; active development happens in the closed/delayed-FOSS 3.x releases.
Use cases
- add full-text search to a website or application
- index millions of SQL database records for fast search
- run a standalone search server with an SQL-like query language
- build autocomplete and faceted search features
- replace MySQL full-text search with a faster engine
When to choose
- you need a mature, self-hosted full-text search server with low resource usage
- you are maintaining an existing deployment already built on Sphinx 2.x
- you want SQL-database integration for search indexing
When to avoid
- you need the latest features or bug fixes - the 3.x release is developed separately with delayed source access
- you want a fully open-source actively maintained project - this branch is effectively unsupported since 2018
- you prefer an ecosystem with modern tooling like Elasticsearch or Meilisearch
Facets
service · maturity maintenance
search-engine http-server databases developer-tools windows cross-platform full-text-search c-plus-plus indexing legacy-branch search linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/sphinxsearch/sphinx · fetched 2026-08-28 · 06996e41cbe6
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| sphinxsearch/sphinx | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="sphinxsearch/sphinx")
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