# Sphinx search for Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sphinx-search-for-discourse/12548>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [Février 7, 2014, 11:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sphinx-search-for-discourse/12548 "2014-02-07T23:29:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![katie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/katie/32/114266_2.png) [@katie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/katie)\
**Post date:** [Février 7, 2014, 11:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sphinx-search-for-discourse/12548/1 "2014-02-07T23:29:12Z")

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Hi, i am not aware if whether or not Discourse uses sphinx for its search function [http://sphinxsearch.com](http://sphinxsearch.com) but it is very powerful and light. I know on my forum which uses Vbulletin, i had to integrate the sphynix search which works really well than the Mysql default search which comes with VB =) b/c we have around 5 million posts and 1.7+ million members. Vb Mysql default search was not the right approach for big to growing communities.

Does Discourse uses it for their search function? If not, i would really recommend it and if there is any plans for it?

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