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<h1><a href="http://www.recoll.org/">Recoll</a> is
a personal full text search tool for Unix/Linux.</h1>
<p>It is based on the very strong <a href=
"http://www.xapian.org">Xapian</a> backend, for which it
provides an easy to use, feature-rich, easy administration,
QT graphical interface.</p>
<p><span class="application">Recoll</span> is free, open source,
and GPL-licensed. The current version is
<a class="important" href="download.html">1.6.1</a></p>
<p>We borrow a lot of code
from other packages, and welcome code and ideas from
contributors, see the <a class="important"
href="credits.html">Credits</a>.</p>
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<p><b><i>Recoll user ?</i></b> Maybe there are still a few useful
tricks that you don't know about. A quick look at
the <a href="usermanual/rcl.search.tips.html">search
tips</a> might prove useful !</p>
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<h2>Features: </h1>
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<li>Easy installation, few dependancies. No database daemon,
web server, desktop environment or exotic language necessary.</li>
<li>Will run on most unix-based <a
href="features.html#systems">systems</a></li>
<li>QT-based GUI.</li>
<li>Supports most common <a
href="features.html#doctypes">document types.</a></li>
<li>Powerful query facilities, with boolean searches,
phrases, filter on file types and directory tree.</li>
<li>Multi-language and multi-character set with Unicode based
internals.</li>
<li><a class="weak" href="features.html">(more detail)</a></li>
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<h2><a name="support">Support</a></h3>
<p>If you have any problem with the package or its
installation, or a need for additional features, please <a href=
"mailto:jean-francois.dockes@wanadoo.fr">contact us</a>.</p>
<p>We also very much welcome functional suggestions or (gasp)
code, see the <a href="devel.html">development</a> page.</p>
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