Description

MaxFisher is a powerful and convenient search engine for personal computers and intranets. It is implemented in pure Java with indexing done by the very efficient Lucene engine. MaxFisher can be thought of as a cross platform replacement for Google Desktop with enhanced file support, security and privacy. Can serve not only as Google Desktop replacement, but as a free replacement for Googles search appliances.

Status

MaxFisher is currently in the pre-alpha stage. It is suited only for demonstration purposes and is recommended only for use by experienced users.

Installing

Download

Click on the `download` link on the menu bar and click on the most recent version. When the download is complete, unzip the file into a directory of your choice.

Run

The application is delivered in an executable jar file, so you only need to click on maxfisher.jar like you would to run any other program.

Using

After starting up MaxFisher, you need only point your web browser to http://localhost:8080/

Future

Support the following data types

Files DOC, XLS, RSS, Outlook PST and DBX, IE history, Mozilla history, Firefox history, Archives: jar, zip, tar, rar
Messaging Outlook Express DBX, Outlook PST, maildir, mbox, IMAP, AIM logs, Trillian logs
Contacts LDAP, Windows Address Book

Deliver application via Java Web Start.

Developers

TODO

Getting Involved

TODO

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