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Bring the full power of ParadeDB into Django.

Build sophisticated, composable search queries effortlessly, and leverage advanced indexing, search, and ranking at blazing speed — all inside PostgreSQL.

Features

  • Full-text search backed by ParadeDB’s BM25 index
  • Rich expressions and lookups:
  • Match
  • Range
  • Term
  • Boolean
  • Range queries and more
  • Aggregations
  • Extension support for ParadeDB pg_search
  • Support for V2 syntax
  • Full Json and Arrayfield Query Support
  • Custom ParadeDB operators for JSONField and SubScript (see JsonOp Expression)
  • And more...

Supported Versions

  • >= 0.19.11
  • 0.20+

Install on Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install -y libicu70
curl -L "https://github.com/paradedb/paradedb/releases/download/v0.19.6/postgresql-17-pg-search_0.19.6-1PARADEDB-noble_amd64.deb" -o /tmp/pg_search.deb
sudo apt-get install -y /tmp/*.deb

Configure PostgreSQL

Edit postgresql.conf

shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_search'

Restart PostgreSQL and create the extension:

CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_search;

⚠ Facing issues or need more details? See ParadeDB installation:

Install Python Package

Make sure the pg_search extension from ParadeDB is installed in your PostgreSQL database.

If not installed, see: Installation Guide

pip install paradedb-django

Add to INSTALLED_APPS

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...,
    'paradedb',
]

You're Ready 🚀

You can now start using ParadeDB features inside Django.

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