Tracker (search software)
 GNOME Tracker in 2014 | |
| Stable release | 3.7.3[1] (2 May 2024)[±] |
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| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-likesystems (Linuxand others) |
| Type | Search tool |
| Website | wiki |
Trackeris afile indexing and searchframework forLinuxand otherUnix-likesystems. It is written in theCprogramming language.
Tracker has been adopted by theGNOMEdesktop environmentand is heavily integrated intoGNOME ShellandGNOME Files.
At its core, Tracker is a general-purposeSPARQL-based database; although it is developed together with the file indexer component, it may be used to store or access any kind of data that follows the RDF data model (such as querying Wikidata).
One of the developers of theConduitapplication has suggested using Tracker to create "a metadata-enabled GNOME",[2]similar to usingStrigias an indexer for a metadata framework inKDE Software Compilation 4.
See also[edit]
- Strigi
- NEPOMUK
- Baloo (software)
- WinFS
- Desktop search
- List of desktop search engines
References[edit]
- ^"NEW in 3.7.3 - 2024-05-02".
- ^John Stowers."A Metadata Enabled GNOME - Johns Blog".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-09-07.Retrieved2009-08-27.
External links[edit]
- Tracker wikipageon GNOME Wiki
- Tracker repositoryon GNOME GitLab
- A first look at Tracker 0.6.0
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