Changelog

v0.2.5 (2025-09-03)

Features

also prune storage and index on SIGUSR1 (afc540f)
improve logging of pruning process (dd9ca0b)
improve logging of errors in source ID handler (7f75159)
include search query in error messages (77a8dec)
make manual fetch always update sources (ff56604)

Fixes

abort pruning if too many entities selected (6ae7560)

v0.2.4 (2025-08-25)

Features

storage: respect –replace flag (abef2e5)
improve error logging during import (bc04964)

Fixes

not re-indexing despite –reindex argument (5afd91c)

v0.2.3 (2025-08-25)

Features

re- ingest/index on SIGUSR1/2 (832214d)
listen for SIGHUP if running in a terminal (15a5b32)

Fixes

always re-index if storage is (re-)created (12a29a5)
invalid config generated by nixos module (0da8640)
unable to set log level from nixos module (6d42ad1)
add missing prefix to version link in footer (5c14549)

v0.2.2 (2025-08-21)

Features

disable storm internal logging (180d4cf)
make web search timeout configurable (8a1972a)

Fixes

error setting up programs DB (3be8a83)
enable graceful shutdown (ff3d5a3)

v0.2.1 (2025-08-13)

Features

remove entities not present in current import (d6d0bf3)
pretty-print schema metadata file (85276e9)
store import timestamp on entities (35226fd)

Fixes

storage error (f896b68)
error when exporting from storage to index (131ccd3)

v0.2.0 (2025-08-13)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGE

searchix-web requires serve argument

Features

add check-config command (6196d25)
split storage import and indexing (40d106a)
store data separate from search index (520dcca)
add offline flag to reindex (mostly for dev) (21e9e77)
improve tracking and display of import runs (faf67ad)
add –fetch action to populate data/sources (001c5b4)
make downloaded filenames consistent (a49d405)
store fetched files in data directory (bdb5a54)
limit file operations using os.Root (1d518f4)
switch from errors to fault (3dfbd8d)

Fixes

update search index as part of update timer (a1bbe1c)
styles broken after updates due to stale cache/hash mismatch (450ff2d)
handle missing manpage URL map without aborting (a34ba86)
set date of files copied from nix store (762d97b)
don’t try to parse an empty last-modified header (cee1276)
error saving metadata when re-indexing (3e92836)
don’t log and exit on graceful shutdown timeout (1db432a)
import package even with incorrect ‘homePage’ casing (4c66828)
re-enable margin-top for headers in full page view (7b08d54)

v0.1.46 (2025-07-07)

Features

enable advanced query string syntax (465a9a8)
improve matching of multiple keywords (516f3e9)

v0.1.45 (2025-07-07)

Features

add link to status page (35aa773)

Fixes

set default values for custom sources (756d8f1)
avoid panic when rendering combined data (1685f38)
panic rendering corrupted data (a2b341d)

v0.1.44 (2025-06-25)

Fixes

descriptions truncated by one character (e7d8aad)
remove trailing full-stop from single-sentence descriptions (c102058)

v0.1.43 (2025-06-12)

Fixes

first sentence of some descriptions cut off (f608afd)

v0.1.42 (2025-06-12)

Features

link man pages like how NixOS does it (2f2d869)
parse {man} in markdown documentation (813e5a2)
parse {file} in markdown documentation (a4c441f)
parse {var} in markdown documentation (d296272)
parse {env} in markdown documentation (7ab69fb)
parse {command} in markdown documentation (cb907ad)
parse {option} in markdown documentation (0ba69e5)
enable parsing of markdown fences (2d958a5)
create option link parser (93b800b)

v0.1.41 (2025-06-09)

Features

improve logging of import process (e0e35b1)
enable automatic re-indexing on schema version changes (1d4eff7)

Fixes

matching long prefixes in option names (regression) (d2bc9be)
don’t quit after generating index for first time (7514e61)
keep names_with_underscores as single tokens (87f2c60)

v0.1.40 (2025-05-29)

Fixes

exact/prefix matches for package name/attr not shown (1f7e995)

v0.1.39 (2025-05-29)

Fixes

match option name prefixes even when len > 25 (61f28d3)

v0.1.38 (2025-04-13)

Features

improve display on smaller screens (8efd1e2)
hide description table on smaller screens (1b8b6b5)

Fixes

scroll header nav instead of wrapping words on tablets (8d11809)

v0.1.37 (2025-04-06)

Fixes

package definition link regressed since v0.1.31 (0cceea8)
missing base.css in package lib folder (2b50775)

v0.1.36 (2025-04-03)

Features

prioritise whole-phrase matches (c6bc629)
add flag to generate error page for web server (5127a98)

Fixes

prioritise exact attribute matches above all (c2bbda8)
erroneously running importer on every startup (e699eaa)

v0.1.35 (2025-04-02)

Features

enable searching homepages field (0ceaf8e)
improve logging of next import time (00b189d)
make index batch size configurable (f38ccb5)
list package platforms in detail view (f8f4f74)

Fixes

importer timeout ignored in scheduler (75c2afd)

v0.1.34 (2025-03-24)

Features

buffer fetched HTTP bodies (abf819d)
re-index on startup if last run > 24 hours ago (6984d4d)

Fixes

another typo in search markup (efaaf3f)
typo in indexing status (fecc84f)
nil pointer panic in importer (0fb48cf)

v0.1.33 (2025-03-24)

Fixes

build failure due to outdated file reference (dd58d99)

v0.1.32 (2025-03-24)

Features

improve handling of long option descriptions (4fa3ceb)
widen body (1c56ff7)
improve display of indexing times and durations (297a7a2)
link directly to version changelog in footer (7d4ff28)
js: allow opening details in new tab/window (03fa0eb)
promote prefix/exact name/attr matches (1328df9)

Fixes

missing content of last index run time (0dc2635)
block single-character queries (0cd9a24)
don’t attempt to load more than configured number of results (d39204e)

v0.1.31 (2025-03-22)

Features

nixos-module: allow setting environment variables (e8fbdf3)
nixos-module: allow setting environment variables (78fc3e6)
demote NUR results in combined search (782b636)
promote results with literal or prefix name matches (49a07fb)
make list of source links dynamic (7247322)
enable NUR package import (2705e97)
wrap search form in semantic element (ff1e953)
show last/next/current indexing run time (383ee78)
shorten shutdown timeout in development (49e3004)
Convert templ components to gomponents (896d844)

Fixes

remove rendering from search timeout restriction (d4ec6e5)
package programs displayed off-centre (de98780)
footer spacing (c0c02ac)
detach version from rest of footer text (6b342b8)
wrong pagination links for combined results (9102aef)

v0.1.30 (2025-03-18)

Features

show version number and link in footer (5762645)
split compound words in names into n-grams (b650b99)

v0.1.29 (2025-03-17)

Fixes

nil pointer deference in nixpkgs-channel fetcher (573e24b)
build error (incomplete commit) (d5e1147)
build error caused by incomplete commit (f775db9)

v0.1.28 (2025-03-12)

Fixes

js error due to missing class on nav menu item (9af2747)

v0.1.27 (2025-03-11)

Fixes

sources disabled by default in NixOS module (333bd2f)

v0.1.26 (2025-03-11)

Fixes

nixos import fails with default settings (5cdcac9)

v0.1.25 (2025-03-11)

Features

link to referenced projects (cb37af4)

Fixes

panic when source order > number of sources (d99fb7b)

v0.1.24 (2025-03-11)

Fixes

js: switching source after reset uses old query (12947e5)

v0.1.23 (2025-03-10)

Fixes

remove duplicate link to source code (1fe30ce)

v0.1.22 (2025-03-10)

Features

default to combined search on root path (05a32bd)

v0.1.21 (2025-03-06)

Features

prioritise exact matches on programs/attr/name field (6c9a3a9)
improve relevance with compound words (24e3fc9)

Fixes

re-index refusing to delete data directory with programs.db (3ee8248)

v0.1.20 (2025-01-24)

Fixes

build failure (bad rebase) (2d6315f)

v0.1.19 (2025-01-24)

Fixes

import slowdown when querying programs database (1e50453)

v0.1.18 (2025-01-20)

Features

allow HTTP request logging to be disabled (584d295)
sentry: trace all transactions (19d8046)

v0.1.17 (2025-01-19)

Fixes

sentry: report correct HTTP path in traces (eece88d)
use importer configured timeout for sentry check-ins (b706b5a)

v0.1.16 (2025-01-15)

Features

enable searching via program names for multi-program packages (7aea6aa)

Fixes

dev: fix CSP not working in dev mode behind reverse proxy (b26ddba)

v0.1.15 (2025-01-05)

Features

offer to show all results on one page (if < 10000) (9207642)

Fixes

dev: overwrite previous asset hash on change (d289e54)

v0.1.14 (2025-01-02)

Features

show scores in results table in dev mode (58643f3)

Fixes

boost non-stemmed matches over stemmed matches (797c6e2)

v0.1.13 (2024-12-30)

Features

increase results per page (e1787bf)
de-rank packages on ‘all’ search (df5db96)

v0.1.12 (2024-12-04)

Fixes

use UTC time for fetch/import timer (c92530b)
enable using module in pure evaluation mode (ec4946e)
enable using module in pure evaluation mode (174ad04)

v0.1.11 (2024-11-20)

Features

apply stemming to search index terms (72d56a6)

v0.1.10 (2024-11-10)

Fixes

search all missing expected results (8656f47)

v0.1.9 (2024-08-17)

Fixes

don’t error when item not found (b427c26)
tell browsers not to capitalise search input (faf4d0e)

v0.1.8 (2024-07-13)

Features

enable combined search (6781684)
more structured logging (94b21b2)

Fixes

nil panics rendering last page of search results (b1fd710)
panic rendering error pages (ee83dfd)
opensearch searches not using input query (a5f58bc)
extra data after error parsing query string (4423458)
panic rendering search results (5a2d54d)
panic on search error (f076b5b)

v0.1.7 (2024-06-29)

Features

add message for users with javascript disabled (e500a10)

Fixes

blank modal when using browser navigation (8ef4bc9)
duplicated results tables via JS search (e0d86be)
panic rendering results (dbeddce)
incorrect formatting of options results headers (107d54a)

v0.1.6 (2024-06-19)

Features

add low-memory mode (63599c7)
enable configuration of flags as environment variables (a495a67)
display results in a table, showing details on click (408aed0)
add detail pages for packages/options (d40c0e1)
use stale-while-revalidate instead of immutable asset paths (872ae5d)
serve assets via immutable paths (896926a)
make security headers stricter (b537694)
enable sub-resource integrity for assets (4698a97)

Fixes

create index metadata when index exists and meta doesn’t (e665146)
moving through search history shows no results (66b2556)
nil pointer exception when (re-)indexing (2c4a19a)

v0.1.5 (2024-05-29)

Features

improve search relevance by boosting keyword matches (73185e4)
support cleartext HTTP/2 (i.e. from a reverse proxy) (16b4337)

Fixes

missing alternate forms of packages with the same name (838e178)
incorrect (switched) behaviour of –update/–replace (97021f7)
re-enable exit –update/–replace (a5e3c14)
check for nil pointers in NewMux (2c1491d)

v0.1.4 (2024-05-23)

Features

stream files directly from fetcher to importer (0dbfe37)
add –update flag to force-update index and exit (9c790c1)
config: use enums’ string representations to print defaults (a90419a)
config: print durations and URLs with human values (0f55080)
show default configuration with –print-default-config (60a1569)

Fixes

abort import of source on batch processing errors (3053e41)
web: fetch host from request, not header, where it’s expected (e69d785)
nix: generate default baseURL from listen address and port (027db43)
make fetcher check on creation that it supports Source.Importer (b77a24f)
importer: abort import of current source in case of error (c821da1)
nix cannot read date/time TOML values from default config (202317d)
duplicate error logging on config parse error (6037d5c)

v0.1.3 (2024-05-17)

Features

ui: enable resetting form by clicking current source link (6ea953b)
render markdown in packages’ LongDescription (934a069)
use attribute instead of name for packages (698881a)

v0.1.2 (2024-05-17)

Fixes

css: pagination styles not applied (f10543d)

v0.1.1 (2024-05-17)

Fixes

nix: missing version variable in build (8a1c2e8)

v0.1.0 (2024-05-17)

Features

display more information about packages (8df293c)
error on non-matching configuration entries (6488132)
automatically add/remove sources to/from index (9f241bf)
support searching packages (05e6197)
index: enable storage of package data (42611df)
improve accessibility and browser behaviour (054d2b3)
exit after rebuilding index if --replace is specified (d6e117b)
decode brotli-compressed files (b8da487)
extract and store package set (e.g. nodePackages) (8b78a98)
importer: process packages from nixpkgs package.json (51f774a)
add caching header (except on error pages) (eb88ab1)
monitor import jobs via sentry (fa97ca8)
add browser search engines via opensearch description (5521173)
print clickable URL on startup in dev mode (121ec2b)
render HTML error pages (2d5ee7b)
module: add default for Web.Environment (634534d)
add DownloadOptions importer (fetches pre-built options.json) (df3b6bf)
log on startup if index doesn’t exist (5f9c7ef)
rely on system to show log times in production (37afa6c)
allow adding extra HTML to the body via configuration (7077a37)
enable using channel URLs if unable to resolve via NIX_PATH (fe79b45)
nix module (fb25a97)
clicking another source re-uses query (42bcd10)
js: save and restore input state with history (b517b1e)
version search index mapping schema and warn if outdated (76f18d6)
dynamically link to sources (631c02a)
format server listen address as URL (f42dfe7)
enable index path to be configured (0986e86)
importer: make timeout configurable via command-line (1db7c2a)
importer: add –replace flag to overwrite existing index (778e1d7)
allow configuration of log level (99d5507)
enable setting config file path via command line (14c1dda)
import sources from configuration in go code and index options (e062ca7)
make configuration optional (967f6fd)
improve search by using a custom tokeniser for option names (24b81a6)
paginate search results (973345a)
search multiple sources (212e5cf)
search one set of options (c15b142)
link to exact commits in NixOS/nixpkgs (8c13320)
render markdown examples (c0fbf11)
link to nixpkgs on github for declarations (71de547)
auto-linkify URLs in markdown (0d65324)
render markdown in option descriptions (2430f46)
browser history management (87ec9ec)
show metadata in grid (b682ed9)
frontend search implementation (5b9e67f)
create nixos options.json importer (1fb64b0)
add basic input frontend (0945da8)
add css (177c2de)
watch and live reload in development (8411fb4)
serve a very basic html template (7360307)

Fixes

render errors as HTML given correct content-type (2edf3f0)
missing last page of search results (f9b0340)
store only data from current entity in index (3b877b3)
nil pointer when updating all sources (041ebd2)
don’t panic when re-indexing if fetcher did not update (43fe431)
css: support browsers without css nesting (29f2099)
logging: track whether headers are written properly (c5c9f72)
rebuild index when –replace is specified (d558039)
bad git conflict resolution (d65d80e)
flake: remove overlay export (8e22448)
importer: don’t create duplicate nested directories (a94632e)
css: barely-visible text in dark mode (3fd832b)
module: include nix in path (67e1a28)
config: show read URL on parse failure (45432ae)
module: allow setting sentry DSN (f700a32)
don’t panic on TOML decode error (53c9fb2)
linking to wrong declaration URLs (df77930)
import: don’t remove index if there are errors (ef50bbf)
js: make reload after error execute attempted search (84acac6)
js error when no results found (628c2a8)
missing menu on search pages (793c89a)
no results for home-manager search (0eccb18)
config: add default channel name for home-manager (3554d8a)
missing menu on search page (42dd2f6)
pointer type mismatch (8ab9adf)
js: pushstate also on errors, so that the user can refresh (453ae85)
js: null value error for pagination (83f6751)
incorrect default/example values stored after processing (9f1a4aa)
incorrect data shown for default and example option keys (5e008c2)
panic on importing darwin options (9b24b80)
use options exposed via user’s channel instead of ours (1fdd1f8)
css: first grid row too tall (3c54a3f)