Swift Full-Text Search with Manticore

[Glicher-wp]

What I appreciate about the Manticore product I use is the speed of its full-text search. In terms of overall experience, I'd rate Manticore a 6-7 out of 10. On the plus side, it's noticeably faster than Elastic, and if you have experience with Sphinx, it's relatively easy to switch over. On the downside, like all search engines, there are quirks when updating full-text fields (while these are common and understandable, they don't make the process any easier), and the documentation isn't the most user-friendly. It's certainly detailed, and there's even a search function, but I often find myself hunting for information. I feel it lacks a comprehensive section on configuring indices and the database itself, complete with descriptions of config fields. For some reason, this information often has to be found on third-party sites.

[sanikolaev]

Thank you for your feedback @Glicher-wp!

there are quirks when updating full-text fields

We'll appreciate if you share more details on the quirks you've experienced.

the documentation isn't the most user-friendly

It's interesting that many users (as you can see from the other feedback in this section) believe the documentation is great. This kind of demotivates us from improving it. :)

I feel it lacks a comprehensive section on configuring indices and the database itself, complete with descriptions of config fields

We likely need to write an article about it and provide a link to it from various sections of the documentation. Currently, the documentation serves more as a reference than a series of guides on how to accomplish specific tasks.