Sunspot
Ruby library that provides a DSL for indexing Ruby objects and searching them through the Solr search engine.
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Sunspot is a Ruby library for interacting with the Solr search engine. It provides a DSL for indexing Ruby objects and for building search queries against Solr. The sunspot_rails gem integrates the library into Rails applications, and the core library can be used without Rails. The gems are installed through Bundler, and Solr runs as its own server beside the application.
The sunspot_solr gem bundles a Solr distribution, which the project describes as meant for development use.
Worth knowing
A production site needs a Solr server of its own that keeps running alongside the application, because the bundled Solr distribution is not meant for production.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Mat Brown4
- Maintained by
- Individual4
- First release
- 20096
Rendering and deploy
- Install with
- bundler3
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-28: links, Built on
sunspot.github.io/ - 2026-10-28: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/sunspot/sunspot - 2026-10-28: links, Runtime, Categories, Install with
github.com/sunspot/sunspot/blob/master/README.md - 2026-10-28: Maintainer, Maintained by, License
github.com/sunspot/sunspot/blob/master/LICENSE - 2026-10-28: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/sunspot/sunspot/releases - 2026-10-28: First release
rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/sunspot.json - 2026-10-28: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/sunspot/sunspot/contributors