Improving search

[psdehr]

Are there any other search mechanisms besides lunr for docfx? Any guides?

[filzrev]

Currently docfx supports lurn based search only.
Though, it can use custom engine by modifying docfx templates.

Following shows list of alternative search engines I've tried before.

1. Algolia's DocSearch
If target is OSS project. it can use DocSearch ervice for free.
See: #9668

2. Meillisearch
If it's not OSS project and it can's use DocSearch.
Alternatively it can use self-hosted Meilisearch instance instead. (or cloud service)

3. PageFind
PageFind is client-side search engine that works similar to lurn.js.
See: #10043 (comment)

4. Fuse.js
See: https://gist.github.com/filzrev/9a046c40f6df63d01f40018d8a19bd47