lexisearch 0.3.0

A blazing fast, fuzzy-search enabled English dictionary TUI.

LexiSearch

LexiSearch is a blazing fast, terminal-based user interface (TUI) for browsing an English dictionary. Powered by Textual and RapidFuzz, it provides near-instantaneous fuzzy searching across 176,000+ words right from your terminal.

Features

• 🚀 Blazing Fast: Loads the entire dictionary index into memory in milliseconds.
• 🔍 Fuzzy Search: Typo-tolerant live search as you type.
• 💻 Modern TUI: Beautiful, responsive terminal interface built with Textual.
• 📚 Comprehensive: Contains 176,023 definitions (based on the 1913 US Webster's Unabridged Dictionary).
• 🗃️ Smart Grouping: Automatically groups multiple definitions for the same word.

Installation

From Source

Ensure you have Python 3.8+ installed.

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/LexiSearch.git
cd LexiSearch

# Create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

# Install the application and dependencies
pip install -e .

Usage

Once installed, you can launch the dictionary directly from your terminal:

lexisearch

Controls

• Type to start searching.
• Up / Down Arrows to navigate through the matched words.
• Esc to refocus the search bar.
• Q or Ctrl+C to quit the application.

Documentation

For more detailed information, please check our Documentation.

Acknowledgements

• Data Source: Based on the Source Forge Project: MySQL English Dictionary, which is based on the OPTED dictionary (1913 US Webster's Unabridged Dictionary).
• Textual: For the incredible TUI framework.
• RapidFuzz: For the hyper-optimized string matching algorithms.

License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License. The dictionary data is in the public domain. See LICENSE for more details.