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Install manticoresearch with Homebrew, Nix, zypper

Open source text search engine. Version 27.1.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install manticoresearch

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#manticoresearch

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ma/manticoresearch/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install sphinx

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · sphinx · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Open source text search engine

Commands and aliases

  • index_converter
  • indexer
  • indextool
  • searchd
  • spelldump
  • wordbreaker

history

Project history and usage

Manticore Search is an open-source search database focused on full-text, vector, and hybrid search with SQL and HTTP interfaces. It is positioned by its maintainers as a fast, easy-to-use alternative to Elasticsearch.

Project history

The official README says Manticore Search was forked from Sphinx 2.3.2 in 2017. The public GitHub repository was created in June 2017, and the README still carries the historical line from Sphinx to Manticore while presenting Manticore as its own database and search server.

The project is implemented primarily in C++ and keeps the search-daemon heritage visible through commands such as `searchd`, `indexer`, and configuration in `manticore.conf`. Over time, the README has expanded the positioning from full-text search to a broader search database with real-time indexing, SQL, JSON/HTTP APIs, vector search, replication, backup tooling, and client libraries.

Adoption history

The README names Craigslist, Socialgist, PubChem, Rozetka, and others as users of Manticore for search and stream filtering. It also points to official package repositories, Docker images, Homebrew installation, cloud offerings, a forum, Slack, Telegram, and language clients, indicating adoption as both server software and developer-facing infrastructure.

By 2026 the repository had over ten thousand GitHub stars and hundreds of forks. That is a significant footprint for an open-source search engine outside the Elasticsearch/OpenSearch mainstream.

How it is used

Users run Manticore as a service or container, configure `searchd`, create tables, insert data, and query through MySQL-compatible SQL or HTTP JSON APIs. The manual documents explicit startup with `searchd --config /etc/manticoresearch/manticore.conf`, Linux service management, and Windows startup with `searchd -c manticore.conf`.

The README emphasizes full-text operators, ranking, filtering, faceting, geospatial search, hybrid search, KNN/vector search, spell correction, stream filtering, replication, backup and restore, data import from databases or files, and clients for languages including PHP, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Elixir, Go, and Rust.

Why package nerds care

Manticore matters to package maintainers because it is not just a CLI: it ships a daemon, indexer tools, config files, data directories, service integration, protocol compatibility, optional authentication, and language clients. Its Sphinx lineage also makes it part of the long-running history of self-hosted full-text search engines.

Timeline

  • 2017: Manticore Search forked from Sphinx 2.3.2 according to the official README.
  • 2017: Public GitHub repository created.
  • 2025: release-15.1.0 published.
  • 2026: 27.1.5 release published.

Related projects

  • Sphinx Search is the upstream project from which Manticore was forked.
  • Manticore Columnar Library is listed by the README as supporting columnar storage.
  • Official clients exist for PHP, Python, Python asyncio, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Elixir, Go, and Rust.

security posture

Risk level: orange

formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

  • metadata:service

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 10 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux
/etc/manticoresearch/manticore.conf
Windows
C:\Manticore\manticore.conf

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
index_convertercliglobal executable
indexercliglobal executable
indextoolcliglobal executable
searchdcliglobal executable
spelldumpcliglobal executable
wordbreakercliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version27.1.5
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected27.1.5

https://github.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:manticoresearch
Version27.1.5
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/manticoresearch
Homepagehttps://manticoresearch.com
Repositoryhttps://github.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch
Upstream docshttps://manual.manticoresearch.com/
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND (GPL-2.0-only WITH x11vnc-openssl-exception) AND (Unlicense OR MIT)
Source archivehttps://github.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/archive/refs/tags/27.1.5.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-22T14:05:26-07:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesboost, cctz, icu4c@78, libpq, mariadb-connector-c, openssl@3, re2, unixodbc, xxhash, zstd
Build dependenciescmake, nlohmann-json, snowball
Uses from macOSexpat
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicedeclared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namemanticoresearch
Version Scheme1
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

manticoresearch

nix profile install nixpkgs#manticoresearch
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Manticoresearch
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/manticoresearch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
zypper92%

sphinx 2.2.11-10.5

SQL full-text search engine

https://sphinxsearch.com/

sudo zypper install sphinx
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Productivity/Databases/Servers
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: sphinx
  • 14 dependencies
  • 5 provides
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Searchd
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: sphinx from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • cctzRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libpqRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • mariadb-connector-cRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • openssl@3Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • unixodbcRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • groongaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, full-text-search, indexing.
  • hyperestraierShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, full-text-search, indexing, search.
  • omegaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, indexing, search, search-engine.
  • sonicShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, full-text-search, indexing, search.
  • tokyo-dystopiaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, full-text-search, search, search-engine.
  • xapianShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, indexing, search, search-engine.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment