A fast, local-first search engine built in Zig
scout lets you crawl and index websites locally, then search them offline using full-text search powered by SQLite FTS5.
git clone https://github.com/KDesp73/scout && cd scoutzig buildscout initscout crawl --seed "wikipedia.org" --infinitescout query --input "your search terms here"scout serve --ip 127.0.0.1 --port 8080- Website crawler with depth control
- Indexing of page titles, descriptions, and full content
- Local full-text search via SQLite FTS5
- CLI-first interface with easy commands
- Zig 0.14.1
- SQLite with FTS5 support
- A Unix-like system (Linux/macOS)
# Crawl a single host
scout crawl --seed "example.com" --depth 2
# View visited pages
scout list --pages
# Check the crawl queue
scout list --queue
# Perform a search
scout query --input "example term"
# Run just the parser
scout parse --host "example.com"