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Life & fun · September 10, 2015

Streaming full-text search for Node.js and browsers

Stream based full-text search for Node.js and browsers. Built on LevelDB. - cshum/levi

Streaming full-text search for Node.js and browsers launched on September 10, 2015 with 39 votes, #1,382 of 3,463 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

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Levi is a stream-based full-text search library built on LevelDB that works in both Node.js and browser environments. It enables developers to implement search functionality using a streaming architecture, making it suitable for applications that need efficient text indexing and querying across different platforms.

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