KNN early termination in Manticore Search
How Manticore detects when HNSW search has converged and stops early, cutting distance computations by 50-80% with minimal precision loss.
The Evolution of 'More Like This'
How More Like This works in classic full-text search, what embeddings change, and why this kind of lookup is more convenient inside the search engine.
How to Make xt850 Match xt 850
A practical guide to solving glued-vs-spaced search queries like xt850 vs xt 850, with clear explanations of bigram_delimiter, second_numeric, second_has_digit, and reproducible examples.
How to Speed Up Phrase Search with bigram_index
A practical guide to using bigram_index to accelerate phrase queries in Manticore Search, with clear explanations of all, first_freq, both_freq, and a reproducible manticore-load benchmark.
Build a Searchable Catalog with Filters, Facets, and Semantic Search
A practical walkthrough of building a search app with Manticore: autocomplete, typo tolerance, filters, facets, deep pagination, semantic search, and similar-item discovery in one flow.
How Indexfox Built an AI Site-Search Widget on Manticore
Indexfox is an AI search widget that any website can drop in with a single .
