# toshi-search/Toshi

A full-text search engine in rust

Repository: https://github.com/toshi-search/Toshi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/toshi
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: search, search-engine, indexing, rust, rust-lang, elasticsearch
Last push: 2026-06-28T20:36:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2988, "days_push": 66, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4256, forks 136 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:40.561786+00:00)

## What it is
Toshi is a full-text search engine written in safe, stable Rust, intended as an Elasticsearch-like service built on Tantivy. It exposes an HTTP API for indexing and querying documents and is still under active development and not production ready.

## Use cases
- run a self-hosted full-text search engine
- elasticsearch alternative written in rust
- index and search documents over an http api
- lightweight search server for small datasets
- search backend built on tantivy

## When to choose
- you want an Elasticsearch-like search service in a single Rust binary
- you prefer memory-safe, stable Rust with no unsafe code
- you need a lightweight search server for Linux, macOS, or Windows

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready, battle-tested search cluster
- you require the full Elasticsearch feature set (aggregations, Kibana, ecosystem)
- you need a search client library to embed in your own code

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: experimental
- function: search-engine, http-server
- domain: developer-tools, backend
- platform: rust, windows, cross-platform
- tags: full-text-search, elasticsearch-alternative, tantivy, rest-api, safe-rust, indexing, search, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- toshi-search/Toshi (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:40.561786+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:22:08.185137+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/toshi-search/Toshi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:40.561786+00:00, sha 4b5ed1e0ff22)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.