Welcome to Lucene Tutorial.com
Lucene is an open-source full-text search library which makes it easy to add search functionality to an application or website.The goal of Lucene Tutorial.com is to provide a gentle introduction into Lucene.
First-time Visitors
If this is your first-time here, you most probably want to go straight to the 5 minute introduction to Lucene.
What's New
12/21/09
Help for Java newbies
Added instructions for compiling and running HelloLucene.java for readers who are new to Java.
12/21/09
Updated to Lucene 2.9.1
TextFileIndexer.java and HelloLucene.java has been updated to the recently released Lucene 2.9.1.
02/18/09
Updated to Lucene 2.4
All code examples on the site have been updated to Lucene 2.4.
06/07/08
Lucene+PHP
Added a new article on using Lucene with a scripting frontend like PHP, Python or Perl.
04/25/08
New Sample App: TextFileIndexer.java
A new section called Sample Apps has been added, and the first sample app is a TextFileIndexer which indexes text and HTML files on your file system.
04/25/08
RSS feed added
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04/24/07
Installing Lucene
Some visitors have asked for help installing Lucene.
Instructions have been added to the bottom of Lucene in 5 minutes.