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Fess
Plans and prices
Fess Open Source
Free
Apache License · personal and commercial use · community-supported · no guaranteed support
Read 30 Sep 2026 · fess.codelibs.org
Professional Support
Priced on request
Silver: 5 incidents/3 months · Gold: 10 incidents/3 months · Platinum: unlimited · per site
Read 30 Sep 2026 · n2sm.net
On the record
- API
- Fess documentation covers an API, and external system integration can use access tokens.fess.codelibs.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Authentication
- Secure search supports BASIC, DIGEST, NTLM, and FORM authentication, plus single sign-on using Active Directory, SAML, and other methods.fess.codelibs.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Built-in tools
- Fess includes a crawler, indexer, administration console, and search interface.fess.codelibs.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Content sources
- The crawler supports web pages, file systems, Windows shared folders, and databases.fess.codelibs.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- Fess runs on operating systems with a Java or Docker runtime environment.fess.codelibs.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- File formats
- The crawler supports formats including Microsoft Office documents and PDF, and can use external text extraction such as OCR.fess.codelibs.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Fess can return search results in JSON, integrate with websites using JavaScript, and extend functionality through plugins.fess.codelibs.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Latest release
- The downloads page lists Fess 15.8.0 with Java 21 and OpenSearch 3.8.0 as the latest stable release.fess.codelibs.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- License
- Fess is provided under the Apache License and is free for personal and commercial use.fess.codelibs.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Maker
- CodeLibs, Inc. is located in Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan, and was established in November 2019.codelibs.co · read 30 Sep 2026
- Product
- Fess is an open-source enterprise search server for searching websites, files, and databases.fess.codelibs.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Search engine
- Fess is built on OpenSearch.fess.codelibs.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Search features
- Search includes facets, drill-down, autocomplete, suggestions, cached results, and thumbnails.fess.codelibs.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- The open-source edition is community-supported and has no guaranteed support; paid professional support is available by email.fess.codelibs.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Support response
- Professional support lists first-response targets of three business days for Silver, two for Gold, and one for Platinum.n2sm.net · read 30 Sep 2026
