# fess

**Repository Path**: mirrors_codelibs/fess

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: fess
- **Description**: Fess is very powerful and easily deployable Enterprise Search Server.
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 1
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-08
- **Last Updated**: 2026-07-11

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# Fess: Enterprise Search Server
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## Overview

Fess is an enterprise search server that you can install and run on any platform with a Java runtime. It is built on [OpenSearch](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch), but prior OpenSearch knowledge is not required: Fess is configured through a browser-based administration UI.

A built-in crawler collects documents from [web sites](https://fess.codelibs.org/15.7/admin/webconfig-guide.html), [file systems](https://fess.codelibs.org/15.7/admin/fileconfig-guide.html), and [data stores](https://fess.codelibs.org/15.7/admin/dataconfig-guide.html) such as databases and CSV files. Many file formats are supported, including Microsoft Office, PDF, and ZIP archives.

[Fess Site Search](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-site-search) is a free alternative to Google Site Search that you can embed in your own website. For details, see the [FSS JS Generator documentation](https://fss-generator.codelibs.org/docs/manual).

## Features

- Full-text search with faceting, sorting, and search suggestions
- Crawlers for web sites, file systems, and data stores (databases, cloud storage, and SaaS)
- Support for many document formats, including Microsoft Office, PDF, and archives
- Browser-based administration UI and a REST API
- Role- and permission-based filtering of search results
- Single sign-on with LDAP, OpenID Connect, SAML, SPNEGO, and Microsoft Entra ID
- Multilingual user interface and text analysis (20+ languages)
- Extensible through data store, ingest, script, and theme plugins

## Requirements

- Java 21 or later, for the TAR.GZ, ZIP, RPM, and DEB packages
- OpenSearch as the search engine backend. The Docker images bundle it; for other installations you set it up separately.

See the [Installation Guide](https://fess.codelibs.org/15.7/install/index.html) for supported versions and setup details.

## Getting Started

There are two ways to try Fess: download and install it yourself, or run it with [Docker](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-engine).

### Download and Install/Run

Fess 15.7 can be downloaded from the [Releases page](https://github.com/codelibs/fess/releases). Downloads are available in three formats: DEB, RPM, and ZIP.

The following commands show how to use the ZIP download:

    $ unzip fess-15.7.x.zip
    $ cd fess-15.7.x
    $ ./bin/fess

For more details, see the [Installation Guide](https://fess.codelibs.org/15.7/install/index.html).

### Docker

Docker images are published on [ghcr.io](https://github.com/orgs/codelibs/packages). A Docker Compose file is available in the [docker-fess repository](https://github.com/codelibs/docker-fess/tree/master/compose).

### Browser UI

- Search UI: http://localhost:8080/

![Search UI](https://fess.codelibs.org/_images/fess_search_result1.png)

- Admin UI: http://localhost:8080/admin/ (default username/password is admin/admin)

![Admin UI](https://fess.codelibs.org/_images/fess_admin_dashboard.png)

Register crawling targets on the Web, File, or Data Store configuration pages in the Admin UI, then start the crawler from the [Scheduler page](https://fess.codelibs.org/15.7/admin/scheduler-guide.html).

## Migration from Another Search Provider

See [MIGRATION.md](MIGRATION.md).

## Data Store

Fess can crawl the following [storage locations and APIs](https://fess.codelibs.org/15.7/admin/dataconfig-guide.html):

 - [Confluence/Jira](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-atlassian)
 - [Box](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-box)
 - [CSV](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-csv)
 - [Database](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-db)
 - [Dropbox](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-dropbox)
 - [Elasticsearch](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-elasticsearch)
 - [Git](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-git)
 - [Gitbucket](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-gitbucket)
 - [G Suite](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-gsuite)
 - [JSON](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-json)
 - [Office 365](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-office365)
 - [S3](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-s3)
 - [Salesforce](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-salesforce)
 - [SharePoint](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-sharepoint)
 - [Slack](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ds-slack)

## Plugins

Fess can be extended with plugins. In addition to the data store connectors above, the following are available.

### Theme

 - [fess-themes](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-themes): a collection of static themes, each a self-contained single-page app installed by uploading a ZIP in the admin UI

### Ingest

 - [Logger](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ingest-logger)
 - [NDJSON](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-ingest-ndjson)

### Script

 - [Groovy](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-script-groovy)
 - [OGNL](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-script-ognl)

## Development

### Get the Source Code

1. Clone the repository:
    ```
    $ git clone https://github.com/codelibs/fess.git
    ```

2. Import it as a [Maven](https://maven.apache.org/) project in your IDE.

Building Fess requires Java 21 or later and Maven.

### Set Up OpenSearch Plugins

Run `antrun:run` to download plugins into the plugins directory:

    $ mvn antrun:run

### Run Fess

Run or debug `org.codelibs.fess.FessBoot` in your IDE, then open http://localhost:8080/.

### Build a Package

Run the `package` goal to create the release file in `target/releases`:

    $ mvn package
    $ mvn rpm:rpm   # .rpm package
    $ mvn jdeb:jdeb # .deb package

### Generate Source Code

    $ mvn dbflute:download # one-time setup
    $ mvn dbflute:freegen
    $ mvn license:format

### Integration Tests

Integration tests require a running Fess server with OpenSearch.

1. Build Fess:

        $ mvn antrun:run  # download OpenSearch plugins, if not done already
        $ mvn package

2. Start the Fess server:

        $ unzip target/releases/fess-*.zip
        $ ./fess-*/bin/fess &

    Wait for Fess to become ready (this may take up to 60 seconds). It returns a JSON response when ready:

        $ curl -s "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/health"

3. Clone the test data (required for `SearchApiTests`):

        $ git clone https://github.com/codelibs/fess-testdata.git /tmp/fess-testdata

4. Run the tests:

        $ mvn test -P integrationTests -Dtest.fess.url="http://localhost:8080" -Dtest.search_engine.url="http://localhost:9201"

    To run a single test case:

        $ mvn test -P integrationTests -Dtest.fess.url="http://localhost:8080" -Dtest.search_engine.url="http://localhost:9201" -Dtest=SearchApiTests

## Contributing

Contributions are welcome. If you find a bug or have a feature request, please open an [issue](https://github.com/codelibs/fess/issues). For questions and discussion, use the [forum](https://discuss.codelibs.org/c/FessEN/). Pull requests for fixes and improvements are appreciated; for larger changes, discussing the approach first is recommended.

Before committing, format the code and license headers:

    $ mvn formatter:format
    $ mvn license:format

### Adding a Language

Fess is internationalized. To add labels and messages for a language, translate the property files below and rename them with your language code (`fess_*_[lang].properties`):

- [fess_label_en.properties](https://github.com/codelibs/fess/blob/master/src/main/resources/fess_label_en.properties)
- [fess_message_en.properties](https://github.com/codelibs/fess/blob/master/src/main/resources/fess_message_en.properties)

For search and index analysis, if [doc.json](https://github.com/codelibs/fess/blob/master/src/main/resources/fess_indices/fess/doc.json) contains `lang_[lang]` for your language, adjust the analyzer accordingly. See the [OpenSearch documentation](https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/analyzers/search-analyzers/) on analyzers for details. Pull requests for new languages are welcome.

## Community and Support

- Website and documentation: [fess.codelibs.org](https://fess.codelibs.org/)
- Questions and discussion: [discuss.codelibs.org](https://discuss.codelibs.org/c/FessEN/)
- Bug reports and feature requests: [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/codelibs/fess/issues)

## Translations

This README is available in other languages:

- [日本語 (Japanese)](docs/ja/README.md)
- [简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)](docs/zh-CN/README.md)
- [Español (Spanish)](docs/es/README.md)
- [Português (Brazilian Portuguese)](docs/pt-BR/README.md)
- [Français (French)](docs/fr/README.md)
- [Deutsch (German)](docs/de/README.md)
- [한국어 (Korean)](docs/ko/README.md)

## Powered By

- [Lasta Di](https://github.com/lastaflute/lasta-di): DI container
- [LastaFlute](https://github.com/lastaflute/lastaflute): web framework
- [Lasta Job](https://github.com/lastaflute/lasta-job): job scheduler
- [Fess Crawler](https://github.com/codelibs/fess-crawler): web crawler
- [OpenSearch](https://opensearch.org/): search engine

## License

Fess is distributed under the [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE).