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schranz-search/seal
===================

Search Engine Abstraction Layer

0.12.9(2mo ago)3219.2k↓43.8%3MITPHPPHP ^8.1

Since May 11Pushed 1mo ago2 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (12)Versions (32)Used By (3)

> **Note**: This is part of the `cmsig/search` project create issues in the [main repository](https://github.com/php-cmsig/search).

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  **Your feedback is important 📘**
 [Are you working with SEAL? Let us know!](https://github.com/PHP-CMSIG/search/discussions/416) | [Which Search Engines do you use and why?](https://github.com/PHP-CMSIG/search/discussions/457)

 [![SEAL Logo with an abstract seal sitting on a telescope.](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/120221538?s=400&v=6)](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/120221538?s=400&v=6)

Logo created by [Meine Wilma](https://cargocollective.com/meinewilma)

SEAL Core
=========

[](#seal-core)

**S**earch **E**ngine **A**bstraction **L**ayer with support to different search engines.

This package was highly inspired by [Doctrine DBAL](https://github.com/doctrine/dbal)and [Flysystem](https://github.com/thephpleague/flysystem).

> **Note**: This project is heavily under development and any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Installation &amp; Usage
------------------------

[](#installation--usage)

The documentation is available at . It is the recommended and best way to start using the library, it will step-by-step guide you through all the features of the library.

- [Introduction](https://php-cmsig.github.io/search/index.html)
- [Getting Started](https://php-cmsig.github.io/search/getting-started/index.html)
- [Schema](https://php-cmsig.github.io/search/schema/index.html)
- [Index Operations](https://php-cmsig.github.io/search/indexing/index.html)
- [Search &amp; Filters](https://php-cmsig.github.io/search/search-and-filters/index.html)
- [Cookbooks](https://php-cmsig.github.io/search/cookbooks/index.html)
- [Research](https://php-cmsig.github.io/search/research/index.html)

Authors
-------

[](#authors)

- [Alexander Schranz](https://github.com/alexander-schranz/)
- [The Community Contributors](https://github.com/php-cmsig/search/graphs/contributors)

###  Health Score

51

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance87

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community21

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 89.5% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~33 days

Recently: every ~28 days

Total

32

Last Release

53d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1698337?v=4)[Alexander Schranz](/maintainers/alexander-schranz)[@alexander-schranz](https://github.com/alexander-schranz)

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Top Contributors

[![alexander-schranz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1698337?v=4)](https://github.com/alexander-schranz "alexander-schranz (170 commits)")[![Toflar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/481937?v=4)](https://github.com/Toflar "Toflar (8 commits)")[![ker0x](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5331654?v=4)](https://github.com/ker0x "ker0x (3 commits)")[![dhirtzbruch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/426308?v=4)](https://github.com/dhirtzbruch "dhirtzbruch (2 commits)")[![gisostallenberg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11526270?v=4)](https://github.com/gisostallenberg "gisostallenberg (1 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (1 commits)")[![ntoniazzi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/849271?v=4)](https://github.com/ntoniazzi "ntoniazzi (1 commits)")[![szepeviktor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/952007?v=4)](https://github.com/szepeviktor "szepeviktor (1 commits)")[![botzkobg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/888159?v=4)](https://github.com/botzkobg "botzkobg (1 commits)")[![ToshY](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31921460?v=4)](https://github.com/ToshY "ToshY (1 commits)")[![zoglo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55794780?v=4)](https://github.com/zoglo "zoglo (1 commits)")

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Tags

algoliacmsigelasticsearchmeilisearchopensearchphpsearchsearch-abstractionsearch-clientsearchmeilisearchabstractionelasticsearchopensearchalgoliasolrredisearchtypesensesealsearch-clientsearch-abstractioncmsig

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Type Coverage Yes

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