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Power
Flax is based on the Xapian search engine library - proven technology used around the world. Its advanced search algorithms make sure your users find what they are looking for, helped by state of the art features like facets, tag clouds, spelling correction and location-based search. The interface is fully customisable.
Flax is fast and scalable from a few thousand documents to hundreds of millions, so it can grow with your needs. It supports 14 languages as standard, and is extensible to support any other.
Flax can search seamlessly across data stored on different computers and in different locations. It indexes Microsoft Office documents, PDF, web pages, XML and plain text, Microsoft Exchange and relational databases. If Flax can get at the text, it can index it!
Security
Security is of paramount importance with enterprise software. Flax is Open Source Software (OSS) allowing access to the source code. The transparent peer-reviewed nature of OSS means that potential flaws are found and fixed faster so you can be certain that the security aspects are working and robust. This does not mean that anyone can alter the software (a common misconception): the Flax source is controlled by a trusted, verified team. The difference is, we have no secrets.
Flax has advanced security features to restrict access to information to only those users who have the appropriate permissions, and to protect the integrity of the database in case of hardware failure, minimising downtime.
Unlike proprietary software, your data will not be locked up in a closed format, and you are not tied in to any particular supplier.
Freedom
Flax software is licensed under the GPL open source licence, which means there are no licence fees, no restrictions on the number of users, and no limit on the amount of data that can be searched. The source code is freely available so anyone is free to modify it to meet specific requirements. Lemur Consulting, the developers of Flax, are pleased to undertake customisation work for clients as required.
Flax offers a high-performing, secure and stable search infrastructure with all the benefits of open source software, backed by expert support and maintenance. With no license fees payable, Flax is a highly cost-effective solution.
Flax is available for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.
Download a complete list of features and benefits of the Flax software here (PDF).
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