# How is Discourse Search implemented?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-is-discourse-search-implemented/195320
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** search
**Created:** [June 29, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-is-discourse-search-implemented/195320 "2021-06-29T04:58:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Yashi12](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yashi12)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-is-discourse-search-implemented/195320/1 "2021-06-29T04:58:14Z")
What kind of Search algorithm Discourse uses, for recommending similar topics. Can someone guide me with it, I want to improve it, further.
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-is-discourse-search-implemented/195320/2 "2021-06-30T01:18:40Z")
Discourse relies on Postgres’s full text search: [PostgreSQL: Documentation: 13: Chapter 12. Full Text Search](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/textsearch.html)
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### Author:  [@Yashi12](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yashi12)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-is-discourse-search-implemented/195320/3 "2021-06-30T08:35:40Z")
Thanks a lot @tgxworld, I will go through PostreSQL: Full text Search, also can u please tell how you came to know that Discourse uses this search mechanism.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-is-discourse-search-implemented/195320/5 "2024-01-14T11:44:31Z")