# Loupe

PHP full-text search library that stores its index in SQLite and needs no separate search service.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/loupe/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://loupe-php.github.io/loupe/
- repository: https://github.com/loupe-php/loupe
- docs: https://loupe-php.github.io/loupe/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: unknown
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2023
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: search
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: sqlite
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

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

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-17

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 530
- packagistDownloads: 371477
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 46824
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 1
- dependentPackages: 2

### Sources

- urls: https://loupe-php.github.io/loupe/ (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/loupe-php/loupe (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://loupe-php.github.io/loupe/ (read 2026-10-19)
- firstRelease: https://packagist.org/packages/loupe/loupe.json (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/loupe-php/loupe (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/loupe-php/loupe (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://loupe-php.github.io/loupe/ (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/loupe/loupe.json (read 2026-10-19)
- runtimeMin: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/loupe/loupe.json (read 2026-10-19)
- databases: https://loupe-php.github.io/loupe/ (read 2026-10-19)
- contentStore: https://loupe-php.github.io/loupe/ (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://loupe-php.github.io/loupe/ (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/loupe/loupe.json (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/loupe-php/loupe/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/loupe-php/loupe (read 2026-10-19)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/loupe/loupe.json (read 2026-10-19)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/loupe%2Floupe (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/loupe%2Floupe (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/loupe/loupe/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Loupe adds full-text search to a PHP application and keeps its index in SQLite, so the search needs no service beyond the application and its database file. The [Loupe documentation](https://loupe-php.github.io/loupe/) covers setup and indexing.

## Worth knowing

Loupe needs the pdo_sqlite PHP extension and a minimum SQLite release.

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