lucivy 0.3.0

Fast BM25 full-text search with substring matching, fuzzy search, and regex — powered by Rust

lucivy

Fast BM25 full-text search for Python — with substring matching, fuzzy search, regex, and highlights. Powered by Rust.

Install

pip install lucivy

Quick start

import lucivy

index = lucivy.Index.create("./my_index", fields=[
    {"name": "title", "type": "text"},
    {"name": "body", "type": "text"},
])

index.add(1, title="Rust Programming", body="Systems programming with memory safety")
index.add(2, title="Python Guide", body="Data science and web development")
index.commit()

results = index.search("programming", highlights=True)
for r in results:
    print(r.doc_id, r.score, r.highlights)

API

Create / open

# Create a new index
index = lucivy.Index.create("./my_index", fields=[
    {"name": "title", "type": "text"},
    {"name": "body",  "type": "text"},
    {"name": "tag",   "type": "keyword"},
    {"name": "year",  "type": "u64"},
])

# Open an existing index
index = lucivy.Index.open("./my_index")

# Context manager (auto-commit on exit)
with lucivy.Index.open("./my_index") as index:
    index.add(3, title="New doc", body="content")

Add / update / delete

index.add(1, title="Hello", body="World")
index.add_many([
    {"doc_id": 2, "title": "Foo", "body": "Bar"},
    {"doc_id": 3, "title": "Baz", "body": "Qux"},
])
index.update(1, title="Updated title", body="Updated body")
index.delete(2)
index.commit()

Search

# String query — each word is searched across all text fields (contains_split)
results = index.search("rust async programming")

# Options
results = index.search("rust", limit=20, highlights=True, allowed_ids=[1, 3, 5])

contains — substring, fuzzy, regex (cross-token)

Searches stored text, not individual tokens. Handles multi-word phrases, substrings, typos, and regex across token boundaries.

# Substring — matches "programming", "programmer", etc.
index.search({"type": "contains", "field": "body", "value": "program"})

# Multi-word phrase
index.search({"type": "contains", "field": "body", "value": "memory safety"})

# Fuzzy (catches typos, distance=1 by default)
index.search({"type": "contains", "field": "body", "value": "programing languag", "distance": 1})

# Regex on stored text
index.search({"type": "contains", "field": "body", "value": "program.*language", "regex": True})

contains_split — one word = one contains query, OR'd together

Like a string query but targeting a specific field.

# "rust safety" → contains("rust") OR contains("safety") on body
index.search({"type": "contains_split", "field": "body", "value": "rust safety"})

boolean — combine queries with must / should / must_not

index.search({
    "type": "boolean",
    "must": [
        {"type": "contains", "field": "body", "value": "rust"},
    ],
    "should": [
        {"type": "contains", "field": "title", "value": "guide"},
    ],
    "must_not": [
        {"type": "contains", "field": "body", "value": "deprecated"},
    ],
})

keyword / range — for non-text fields

index.search({"type": "keyword", "field": "tag", "value": "rust"})
index.search({"type": "range", "field": "year", "gte": 2020, "lte": 2025})

Snapshots (export / import)

# Export index to a .luce file
index.export_snapshot_to("./backup.luce")

# Import from .luce file
restored = lucivy.Index.import_snapshot_from("./backup.luce", dest_path="./restored_index")

# Import from bytes
with open("./backup.luce", "rb") as f:
    restored = lucivy.Index.import_snapshot(f.read(), dest_path="./restored_index")

Info

index.num_docs()  # number of documents
index.path()      # index directory path
index.schema()    # list of field definitions

License

MIT