Scout
RESTful search server written in Python that keeps its search index in one SQLite database file.
scout.readthedocs.io/en/latest/repositorydocs
Scout is a RESTful search server written in Python and built with Flask. It keeps its search index in one SQLite database file, which the server is given by path, and it exposes indexing and search as REST endpoints. The server runs as a long-lived process that listens on a port. The deployment page describes running it under a WSGI server such as Gevent or Gunicorn, or under a process manager, and the README names a Docker image that runs it on port 9004.
Worth knowing
Because the server is its own process with its own database file, a host has to run a Python process for it, and static hosting cannot serve it. The database is one SQLite file that the server opens by path.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Charles Leifer3
- Maintained by
- Individual
- First release
- 20154
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-28: links
scout.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ - 2026-10-28: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/coleifer/scout - 2026-10-28: Maintainer, License model
github.com/coleifer/scout/blob/master/LICENSE - 2026-10-28: First release, Last release
pypi.org/pypi/scout/json - 2026-10-28: Runtime, Minimum runtime, Categories, Built on
github.com/coleifer/scout/blob/4.0.0/README.md - 2026-10-28: Install with
github.com/coleifer/scout/blob/4.0.0/docs/installation.rst - 2026-10-28: Install with
github.com/coleifer/scout/blob/master/README.md - 2026-10-28: Current major version
github.com/coleifer/scout/blob/4.0.0/scout/__init__.py - 2026-10-28: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/coleifer/scout/contributors?per_page=1 - 2026-10-28: Dependent repositories
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/scout - 2026-10-28: Content storage, Databases, Content API
github.com/coleifer/scout/blob/4.0.0/docs/server.rst - 2026-10-28: Runs as
github.com/coleifer/scout/blob/4.0.0/docs/deployment.rst