Context and Problem Statement¶

We have to provide a search bar to perform full-text search on ADRs.

Decision Drivers ¶

• Works in preview mode AND in the statically built version
• Provides good fuzzy search and stemming capabilities
• Is fast enough to be able to show results while typing
• Does not consume too much CPU and RAM on the client-side, especially for the statically built version

Considered Options¶

• Option 1: Fuse.js
• Option 2: Lunr.js

Decision Outcome¶

Chosen option: "Option 2: Lunr.js".

Pros and Cons of the Options ¶

Option 1: Fuse.js¶

https://fusejs.io/

• Fast indexing
• Slow searching
• Only fuzzy search, no stemming

Option 2: Lunr.js¶

https://lunrjs.com/

• Slow indexing, but supports index serialization to pre-build them
• Fast searching
• Stemming, multi-language support
• Retrieves the position of the matched tokens

Links¶

• https://wiki.gpii.net/w/Technology_Evaluation_-_Static_Site_Search