___           ___           ___           ___           ___      
     /\__\         /\  \         /\  \         /\  \         /\__\     
    /::|  |       /::\  \       /::\  \       /::\  \       /:/  /     
   /:|:|  |      /:/\:\  \     /:/\:\  \     /:/\:\  \     /:/__/      
  /:/|:|  |__   /:/  \:\  \   /::\~\:\  \   /:/  \:\  \   /::\  \ ___  
 /:/ |:| /\__\ /:/__/ \:\__\ /:/\:\ \:\__\ /:/__/ \:\__\ /:/\:\  /\__\ 
 \/__|:|/:/  / \:\  \ /:/  / \/_|::\/:/  / \:\  \  \/__/ \/__\:\/:/  / 
     |:/:/  /   \:\  /:/  /     |:|::/  /   \:\  \            \::/  /  
     |::/  /     \:\/:/  /      |:|\/__/     \:\  \           /:/  /   
     /:/  /       \::/  /       |:|  |        \:\__\         /:/  /    
     \/__/         \/__/         \|__|         \/__/         \/__/     

Norch is a stand alone search server that can be installed with npm. It uses the search-index query language which integrates easily with JavaScript.

Use Norch when you need a fast and lightweight backend to your search applications.

Quickstart

• In a terminal type npx norch
• Add documents by going to quickstart on your locally installed norch and upload. (here is some test data)
• Search by going to quickstart on your locally installed norch
• For advanced use check out the openapi endpoints

Terminal

Type npx norch (append -h to display help)

Node

To use norch programatically within a node project, install with npm i norch and invoke like so:

import { Norch } from 'norch'
const myNorch = new Norch(ops)

API

Checkout the OpenAPI documentation online, or on your own norch server.