knadh / dictpress

A stand-alone web server application for building and publishing full fledged dictionary websites and APIs for any language.

dictpress

dictpress is a free and open source, single binary webserver application for building and publishing fast, searchable dictionaries for any language.

Example dictionaries:

• Alar — Kannada-English dictionary.
• Olam — English-Malayalam, Malayalam-Malayalam dictionary.

Features

• Build dictionaries for any language to any language.
• Supports multiple dictionaries and languages in the same database.
• Custom themes and templates for publishing dictionary websites.
• Paginated A-Z (all alphabets for any language) glossaries.
• HTTP/JSON API for search and everything else.
• Pluggable search algorithms, eg: fulltext search, phonetic word search etc.
• Admin UI for managing and curating dictionary data.
• Admin moderation UI for crowd sourcing dictionary entries.
• Bulk CSV to database import.

Getting started

• Download the latest version.
• Read the docs for setup and usage instructions.