Reference documentation
6.0.0.Alpha1 2018-11-29 development
API refresh, Bridge 2.0, Lucene 7, Elasticsearch 6.
5.11.0.CR1 2018-12-05 development
ORM 5.4 compatibility, JDK11 compatibility, upgrade to WildFly 14.
5.10.5.Final 2018-11-22 stable
ORM 5.3 and JPA 2.2 compatibility, integration to DI frameworks through Hibernate ORM 5.3, upgrade to WildFly 12 and JGroups 4, JPMS automatic module names.
5.9.3.Final 2018-09-10 stable
JSR 352 (Batch for Java) mass indexing job, WildFly feature packs, improvements and deprecations paving the road to Search 6
5.6.6.Final 2018-09-10 stable
Introduces experimental support for Elasticsearch, last release supporting Hibernate ORM 5.0.z or 5.1.z
5.8.2.Final 2017-10-26 stable
Experimental integration with Elasticsearch 5.x, AWS integration, improvements and deprecations paving the road to Search 6
5.7.3.Final 2017-10-26 stable
Improved integration with Elasticsearch 2.x, compatible with Hibernate ORM 5.2.x
5.5.8.Final 2017-08-16 stable
Being maintained as it's included in WildFly. Supports Lucene only, requires Hibernate ORM 5.0.z or 5.1.z
5.4.0.Final 2015-09-03 stable
Requires Hibernate ORM 5.0.0.Final; Last version compatible with Apache Lucene 4.x
5.2.1.Final 2015-09-04 stable
Multi-tenancy, optimisations in criteria based loaders
4.5.3.Final 2015-01-12 stable
Performance, WildFly 8 compatibility, JPA 2.1 / Hibernate ORM 4.3 compatibility
4.4.6.Final 2014-12-02 stable
Dynamic index sharding, new Metadata API, Hibernate ORM 4.2.x compatible
Guides
- Getting started guide
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For a gentle introduction to the concepts of Hibernate Search without being sidetracked by other technologies.
- Migration guides
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Helping you to upgrade your existing Search application to the latest and greatest.
Books and Articles
- Hibernate Search in Action
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A bit outdated book on Hibernate Search but a very good reference on the product and search engines in general. It has been written by members of the Hibernate Search team.
