# Discourse needs better search

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-needs-better-search/305583
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** search
**Created:** [April 26, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-needs-better-search/305583 "2024-04-26T15:00:52Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-needs-better-search/305583/10 "2024-04-26T20:57:17Z")

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> [@RGJ](#):
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> Discourse really, really needs better search functionality.

Especially when people like me are likely to say “uh, did you try search?” And search doesn’t work very well. It does seem like it’s gotten worse in the past couple of years. I suspect it’s worse because the haystack is bigger.

I’m excited to see how and whether Typesense wil help!

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