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PyLucene is a Python extension for accessing Java Lucene TM. Its goal is to allow you to use Lucene's text indexing and searching capabilities from Python. It is API compatible with Java Lucene version 9.1.0 as of April 27th, 2022.
PyLucene is not a Lucene port but a Python wrapper around Java Lucene. PyLucene embeds a Java VM with Lucene into a Python process. The PyLucene Python extension, a Python module called lucene is machine-generated by JCC.
PyLucene is built with JCC, a C++ code generator that makes it possible to call into Java classes from Python via Java's Native Invocation Interface (JNI). Sources for JCC are included with the PyLucene sources.
See here for more information and documentation about PyLucene.
PyLucene is supported on macOS, Linux, Solaris and Windows.
PyLucene requires Python 3.x (x >= 3), or Python version 2.x (x >= 3.5), and Java x (x >= 8 for PyLucene 8 and earlier, x >= 11 for PyLucene 9). Building PyLucene requires GNU Make and a C++ compiler. Use of setuptools is recommended.
See the JCC installation instructions for more information about building JCC from sources.
See the PyLucene installation instructions for more information about building PyLucene from sources.