Comment by nchmy

Yeah, it forked from sphinx when sphinx died or rugpulled or something like that. Seems to be very actively maintained.

I think one of the main draws is that it is a single binary rather than the complexity of ES/OS, JVM etc... And if you have a mysql/mariadb database, it just connects and automatically ingests extremely quickly. They also use Galera for replication, but I also think its not as explicitly shareded, which simplifies things.

Yeah, their benchmarks are astounding, so much so that it is hard to believe. yet, I have seen them be quite open to feedback, collaboration etc so

Anyway, thanks for your thoughts and insights!