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Apache Lucene

Apache Lucene is a free and open-source search engine software library, originally written in Java by Doug Cutting. It is supported by the Apache Software Foundation and is released under the Apache Software License. Lucene is widely used as a standard foundation for production search applications.

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Developer
Apache Software Foundation
License
Apache License 2.0
Operating system
Cross-platform
Release
1999; 27 years ago (1999)
Repository
github.com/apache/lucene
Stable release
10.5.1 / August 12, 2026; 12 days ago (2026-08-12)

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Apache Lucene

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples31
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

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Apache Lucene

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related to Lucene-based projects · 21
Apache Lucene → Apache LuceneOpenSearch, Apache Nutch, Apache Solr, Elasticsearch, HMDB, However, HTML, Human Metabolome Database, It, Lucene, Lucene's, LuceneDocFetcher, MojoMojo, MongoDB, MongoDB Atlas Search, Perl, SQL, T3DB, The Socialtext, Toxin
Developer · 1
Apache Lucene → Apache Software Foundation
License · 1
Apache Lucene → Apache License 2.0
Operating system · 1
Apache Lucene → Cross-platform
Release · 1
Apache Lucene → 1999; 27 years ago (1999)
Repository · 1
Apache Lucene → github.com/apache/lucene
Stable release · 1
Apache Lucene → 10.5.1 / August 12, 2026; 12 days ago (2026-08-12)
Type · 1
Apache Lucene → Search and index
Website · 1
Apache Lucene → lucene.apache.org
Written in · 1
Apache Lucene → Java

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lucene search apache software written foundation java engine open-source doug released used projects also perl license solr server application lucene's

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Apache LuceneDeveloperApache Software Foundation1.00infobox
Apache LuceneLicenseApache License 2.01.00infobox
Apache LuceneOperating systemCross-platform1.00infobox
Apache LuceneRelease1999; 27 years ago (1999)1.00infobox
Apache LuceneRepositorygithub.com/apache/lucene1.00infobox
Apache LuceneStable release10.5.1 / August 12, 2026; 12 days ago (2026-08-12)1.00infobox
Apache LuceneTypeSearch and index1.00infobox
Apache LuceneWebsitelucene.apache.org1.00infobox
Apache LuceneWritten inJava1.00infobox
Apache Luceneis afree and open-source search engine software library0.90text
Apache Lucenerelated to Lucene-based projectsLucene0.60section
Apache Lucenerelated to Lucene-based projectsHTML0.60section

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