# ke_search

TYPO3 extension that indexes pages, content elements and records from the TYPO3 database and offers full-text search with faceted filters.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/ke-search/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.kesearch.de
- repository: https://github.com/tpwd/ke_search
- docs: https://docs.typo3.org/p/tpwd/ke_search/main/en-us/
- pricing: https://www.kesearch.de/preise
- plugins: https://extensions.typo3.org/extension/ke_search/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: TPWD AG
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: DE

### Kind

- category: search
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.2
- basedOn: typo3-cms

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: mysql, mariadb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: fluid
- i18n: yes, results and filters per language

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: scheduled
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: composer require

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: GPL-2.0+, GPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 7
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-09

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 15
- packagistDownloads: 1117126
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 71
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 7
- dependentPackages: 11

### Sources

- urls: https://www.kesearch.de/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/tpwd/ke_search (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://docs.typo3.org/p/tpwd/ke_search/main/en-us/Index.md (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://docs.typo3.org/p/tpwd/ke_search/main/en-us/QuickStart/Index.md (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://www.kesearch.de/impressum (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://www.kesearch.de/impressum (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://www.kesearch.de/impressum (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://docs.typo3.org/p/tpwd/ke_search/main/en-us/Introduction/Index.md (read 2026-10-28)
- basedOn: https://docs.typo3.org/p/tpwd/ke_search/main/en-us/Introduction/Index.md (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/tpwd/ke_search (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tpwd/ke_search/v7.3.1/composer.json (read 2026-10-28)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tpwd/ke_search/v7.3.1/composer.json (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tpwd/ke_search/v7.3.1/composer.json (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tpwd/ke_search/v7.3.1/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/tpwd/ke_search (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tpwd/ke_search/v7.3.1/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://www.kesearch.de/preise (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://docs.typo3.org/p/tpwd/ke_search/main/en-us/QuickStart/Index.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://docs.typo3.org/p/tpwd/ke_search/main/en-us/QuickStart/Index.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://docs.typo3.org/p/tpwd/ke_search/main/en-us/CommandLine/Index.md (read 2026-10-28)
- databases: https://docs.typo3.org/p/tpwd/ke_search/main/en-us/Introduction/Index.md (read 2026-10-28)
- adminUi: https://docs.typo3.org/p/tpwd/ke_search/main/en-us/Backend/Index.md (read 2026-10-28)
- templating: https://docs.typo3.org/p/tpwd/ke_search/main/en-us/Templating/Index.md (read 2026-10-28)
- i18n: https://docs.typo3.org/p/tpwd/ke_search/main/en-us/Multilingual/Index.md (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/tpwd/ke_search (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/tpwd/ke_search/contributors (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/tpwd/ke_search/tags (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/tpwd/ke_search.json (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/tpwd/ke_search/commits/47564c332ab69291a7446d74dfd13b278005a9a0 (read 2026-10-28)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/tpwd/ke_search.json (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/tpwd%2Fke_search (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/tpwd%2Fke_search (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

ke_search is a search extension for [TYPO3](https://docs.typo3.org/p/tpwd/ke_search/main/en-us/Introduction/Index.md) that indexes pages, content elements and records from the TYPO3 database and offers full-text search with faceted filters. It requires MySQL or MariaDB, so no separate search server is installed. The index is kept in the `tx_kesearch_index` table of the TYPO3 database, and the frontend is rendered with Fluid templates.

Indexing is started from a TYPO3 backend module, or by a command that the TYPO3 scheduler can run on a schedule. Installation goes through Composer or the TYPO3 extension manager.

## Worth knowing

A paid add-on, ke_search_premium, [sold by the maintainer](https://www.kesearch.de/preise), adds a Sphinx-based search for large data sets and a remote indexer.

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