Seekafile - Open-Source Indexing Server

Seekafile Server is a Windows Service that indexes DOC, PDF, XLS, PPT, RTF, HTML, TXT, XML, and other file formats on the background.

 

Features

Incredibly fast search

• Incredibly fast searching powered by DotLucene (open-source search engine).
• It recognizes any change within a second.

Flexibility

• The index is stored in DotLucene/Lucene 1.3+ compatible format.
• The index can be accessed directly from other applications (you can search even when the indexing is in progress).
• Access the index directly from any custom application (ASP.NET, Windows Forms application, Java application).
• The download package includes an ASP.NET searching application.

Support for common file formats

Built-in support for the following file formats:

• Microsoft Powerpoint (PPT)
• Microsoft Word (DOC)
• Microsoft Excel (XLS)
• HTML (HTM/HTML)
• Text files (TXT)

Extensible using IFilter

Supports IFilter interface for searching other extensions:

• Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
• Microsoft Visio (VSD)
• Rich Text Format (RTF)
• XML
• etc...

Extensible using custom plugins

Supports custom plugins written in .NET.

Zero maintenance

• The indexer runs on the background as a Windows service.
• You specify the directories to be watched for changes in the configuration file.
• Indexer works in the background with low priority (it doesn't slow down other operations).
• Runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003 with .NET Framework 1.1.

 

 

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