API ports and alternatives
Official APIs for PHP, Python, Java, Ruby, and pure C are included in Sphinx distribution. But there are a few alternative implementations:
- PHP API alternative, PECL PHP API port, by Tony Dovgal
- Ruby API alternative, Riddle, Ruby API port by Pat Allan
Community API ports:
- Perl API port, Sphinx::Search, by Jon Schutz
- C++ API port, C++ Sphinx client, by Seznam.cz
- Haskell API port, Haskell Sphinx client, by Tupil
- C# API port, C# .NET client, by Christopher Gooley
Community binary packages
- OpenBSD port, by Rama McIntosh
- Unofficial Debian/Ubuntu packages
Plugins and extensions
- dgsphinxsearch - Yiiframework wrapper for the SphinxClient library
- Drupal module, by Johannes Wehner
- Drupal module, by Markus Petrux (README)
- Symfony plugin
- phpBB plugin, by Nils Adermann
- MediaWiki extension, by Paul Grinberg
- Phorum search module, by Thomas Seifert
- Thinking Sphinx, Rails plugin by Pat Allan
- Ultrasphinx, Rails plugin by Evan Weaver
- Sphincter, ActiveRecord extension using Dmytro's API
- fSphinx, a Python module that simplifies handling faceted searches by Alex Ksikes