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pg_textsearch 1.0: How We Built a BM25 Search Engine on Postgres Pages

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pg_textsearch

pg_textsearch 1.0: How We Built a BM25 Search Engine on Postgres Pages

pg_textsearch 1.0 brings native BM25 search to Postgres. No Elasticsearch sidecar needed. Learn how it works and see benchmarks vs. ParadeDB at 138M documents.

By Todd J. Green

March 31st, 2026

From ts_rank to BM25. Introducing pg_textsearch: True BM25 Ranking and Hybrid Retrieval Inside Postgres

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pg_textsearch

From ts_rank to BM25. Introducing pg_textsearch: True BM25 Ranking and Hybrid Retrieval Inside Postgres

pg_textsearch brings BM25 ranking to enable hybrid search to Postgres. Build RAG systems with keyword precision and vector semantics in one database.

By Todd J. Green

October 23rd, 2025

pg_textsearch 1.0: How We Built a BM25 Search Engine on Postgres Pages

From ts_rank to BM25. Introducing pg_textsearch: True BM25 Ranking and Hybrid Retrieval Inside Postgres

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