Strigi

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name = Strigi



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developer = Jos van den Oever
Flavio Castelli
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latest release version = 0.5.10
latest release date = 1 June, 2008 [ [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=171000 Latest File Releases at sourceforge] ]
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programming language = C++
operating system = Cross-platform [ [http://strigi.sourceforge.net/?q=features Strigi's features] ]
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genre = Search tool
license = LGPL
website = http://strigi.sourceforge.net

Strigi is an advanced, desktop-independent search daemon initiated by Jos van den Oever. Strigi's goals are to be very portable, lightweight and flexible. Benchmarks have shown that Strigi is faster and uses less memory than other clients, but lacks many features present in other search systems. [ [http://kdedevelopers.org/node/2639 Benchmark between Beagle, JIndex, Tracker and Strigi] ] However, like most search systems, Strigi can extract information from within files like the length of an audio clip, the contents of a document, or the resolution of a picture. Strigi uses its own Jstream system which allows for deep indexing of files.

Features

* SHA-1 hash for every file indexed to find duplicates
* As of July, 2007 Strigi supports indexing the contents of PDF, MP3, plain text, archives, Debian and RPM packages, and OASIS OpenDocument text (odf), spreadsheet (ods) and presentation (odp) files
* D-Bus and socket support for communication between the daemon and search program
* Small memory footprint
* Xesam query language support
* Very portable, currently runs on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X and Windows
* Pluggable backend, Lucene and HyperEstraier, SQLite and Xapian backends are being worked on

OS support

KDE 4 requires Strigi as core component of the new semantic desktop technologies. KDE has a client program as well as a KIO interface to do queries.Strigi and NEPOMUK are working together to help create a semantic desktop search for KDE. NEPOMUK will allow the user to add metadata, which strigi will be able to index for a more precise search. Developers are also considering adding Sonnet support to Strigi to allow users to search for documents written in a specific language [ [http://www.linux.com/articles/59963 Linux.com :: KDE 4's Sonnet will turbocharge language processing ] ] .

GNOME has a Gnome Deskbar applet to search for files using Strigi. [ [http://packages.debian.org/unstable/gnome/deskbar-plugins-strigi Debian - Details of package deskbar-plugins-strigi in sid ] ]

See also

* Desktop search
* List of desktop search engines
* Xesam

References

External links

* [http://strigi.sourceforge.net/ Strigi home page]
* [http://www.vandenoever.info/software/strigi/ Jos van den Oever's own Strigi page]
* [http://dot.kde.org/1176310483/ KDE dot article on Strigi in KDE 4]
* [http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Comparison_of_desktop_search_software Comparison of desktop search software]