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# sist2
sist2 (Simple incremental search tool)
*Warning: sist2 is in early development*
## Features
* Fast, low memory usage
* Portable (all its features are packaged in a single executable)
* Extracts text from common file types\*
* Generates thumbnails\*
* Incremental scanning
\* See [format support](#format-support)
## Getting Started
1. Have an [Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch) instance running
1. Download the [latest sist2 release](https://github.com/simon987/sist2/releases)
*Windows users*: `sist2` runs under [WSL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux)
*Mac users*: See [#1](https://github.com/simon987/sist2/issues/1)
## Example usage
![demo](demo.gif)
See help page `sist2 --help` for more details.
**Scan a directory**
```bash
sist2 scan ~/Documents -o ./orig_idx/
sist2 scan --threads 4 --content-size 16384 /mnt/Pictures
sist2 scan --incremental ./orig_idx/ -o ./updated_idx/ ~/Documents
```
**Push index to Elasticsearch or file**
```bash
sist2 index --force-reset ./my_idx
sist2 index --print ./my_idx > raw_documents.ndjson
```
**Start web interface**
```bash
sist2 web --bind 0.0.0.0 --port 4321 ./my_idx1 ./my_idx2 ./my_idx3
```
## Format support
File type | Library | Content | Thumbnail | Metadata
:---|:---|:---|:---|:---
pdf,xps,cbz,cbr,fb2,epub | MuPDF | yes | yes, `png` | title |
`audio/*` | libav | - | yes, `jpeg` | ID3 tags |
`video/*` | libav | - | yes, `jpeg` | *planned* |
`image/*` | libav | - | yes, `jpeg` | *planned* |
ttf,ttc,cff,woff,fnt,otf | Freetype2 | - | yes, `bmp` | Name & style |
`text/plain` | *(none)* | yes | no | - |
docx, xlsx, pptx | | *planned* | no | *planned* |
## Build from source
You can compile **sist2** by yourself if you don't want to use the pre-compiled
binaries.
1. Install compile-time dependencies
*(Debian)*
```bash
apt install git cmake pkg-config libglib2.0-dev\
libssl-dev uuid-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev \
python3 libmagic-dev libfreetype6-dev libcurl-dev \
libbz2-dev yasm
```
*(FreeBSD)*
```bash
pkg install cmake gcc yasm gmake bash ffmpeg e2fsprogs-uuid
```
2. Build
```bash
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/simon987/sist2
./scripts/get_static_libs.sh
cmake .
make
```