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FlexSearch

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Setup

bun add flexsearch
PUBLIC_SVOCS_SEARCH_PROVIDER=flexsearch bun run build

Same static-only shape as Orama with a different index library; there’s no server or sync step to run.

How it works

A prerendered route, /search-index.flexsearch.json, serves FlexSearch’s exported index chunks. FlexSearch’s export() is callback-based and multi-chunk (one call per internal data structure), so every {key, data} pair gets collected into one JSON object rather than a single blob. The ⌘K dialog fetches that once and calls import(key, data) for each entry to rebuild the index client-side, then searches with enrich: true, merge: true to get full documents back per hit instead of bare ids.

A shared config, on purpose

src/lib/search/providers/flexsearch-config.ts holds one Document config, imported by both the indexer and the client. FlexSearch’s exported chunks only re-import correctly against a Document instance built from an identical config to the one that exported them; two separately written configs would drift silently.

Reference

  • Shared config: src/lib/search/providers/flexsearch-config.ts
  • Indexer: src/lib/search/providers/flexsearch-indexer.ts
  • Route: src/routes/search-index.flexsearch.json/+server.ts
  • Client: src/lib/search/providers/flexsearch-client.ts