# Sphinx search for Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sphinx-search-for-discourse/12548>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [7 Febrero, 2014 23:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sphinx-search-for-discourse/12548 "2014-02-07T23:29:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![rafalp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rafalp/32/103814_2.png) [@rafalp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rafalp)\
**Post date:** [8 Febrero, 2014 01:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sphinx-search-for-discourse/12548/2 "2014-02-08T01:38:47Z")

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AFAIK Discourse uses PostgreSQL’s superawesome text search features:

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-not-support-mysql/2568/3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-not-support-mysql/2568/3)

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