Definition and core features of Orama
Orama is aWritten entirely in TypeScriptan open source, high-performance search engine designed for the modern JavaScript ecosystem. Its core features are reflected in three key dimensions:
- Multimodal search capability: Supports both full-text search, vector search (for unstructured data such as images/audio), and a combination of the two in a hybrid search mode
- environmental universality: runs in any JavaScript runtime, including browsers, Node.js servers, and edge computing environments
- Lightweight and efficient: Compressed to only 2KB in size but able to handle millions of queries, verified by nodejs.org and other sites that average millions of queries per day!
In terms of technical features, Orama also offers geospatial searching, fuzzy matching (spelling tolerance), 30 language processing capabilities, and a pure TS implementation with no external dependencies, making it ideal for everything from personal projects to enterprise-level applications.
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