# Picky

Ruby search library and server for semantic text search over in-memory, Redis or SQLite indexes.

STUB. This software has no release or pre-release in four years, or its project site no longer shows it, so it is not part of the register, not counted and not indexed. It will be checked again.

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

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/floere/picky
- docs: https://github.com/floere/picky/tree/master/web/source/documentation
- x: https://twitter.com/picky_rb

### Identity

- status: stub
- maintainer: Florian Hanke
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2010
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: search
- hosting: ruby
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: gem install

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: LGPL-3.0, MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2015-09-02

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 443
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 22
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/floere/picky (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/floere/picky/tree/master/web/source/documentation (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/floere/picky/blob/v4.31.3/server/picky.gemspec (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://github.com/floere/picky/blob/v4.31.3/server/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://github.com/floere/picky/blob/v4.31.3/server/picky.gemspec (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/floere/picky/blob/v4.31.3/server/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://github.com/floere/picky/blob/v4.31.3/server/picky.gemspec (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://github.com/floere/picky/blob/v4.31.3/server/picky.gemspec (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/floere/picky/blob/master/README.textile (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/floere/picky/blob/master/web/source/documentation/_generators.html.md (read 2026-10-28)
- databases: https://github.com/floere/picky/blob/master/web/source/documentation/_indexes.html.md (read 2026-10-28)
- databases: https://github.com/floere/picky/blob/master/web/source/documentation/_indexes.html.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://github.com/floere/picky/blob/master/web/source/documentation/_indexes.html.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/floere/picky/blob/master/README.textile (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/picky.json (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/picky.json (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/picky.json (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/floere/picky (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/floere/picky/contributors (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Picky is a Ruby search library and server for semantic text search. Its indexes can be kept in memory as JSON files on disk, in Redis, or in SQLite. A running Picky server loads its in-memory indexes when it starts and removes them from memory when it stops. The gems are installed with gem install, and the generators produce a running server and client as a starting point. Florian Hanke maintains the project, and the documentation source sits in the repository.

## Worth knowing

The project's homepage is served over plain http only, so the record links the GitHub repository and the documentation source instead.

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