---
title: "cherche"
type: "tool"
slug: "raphaelsty-cherche"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/raphaelsty-cherche"
github_url: "https://github.com/raphaelsty/cherche"
homepage_url: null
stars: 331
forks: 14
primary_language: "Python"
license: "MIT"
archived: false
categories: ["vector-databases", "data-retrieval", "evaluation-observability"]
tags: ["neural-networks", "neural-search", "nlp", "machine-learning", "natural-language-processing", "information-retrieval", "flashtext", "bm25"]
updated_at: "2026-07-11T17:41:10.170439+00:00"
---

# cherche

> Neural Search

Neural Search

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/raphaelsty/cherche
- Stars: 331 · Forks: 14 · Open issues: 4 · Watchers: 7
- Primary language: Python
- License: MIT
- Last pushed: 2024-06-01T17:05:12+00:00

## Trust & health

_Signals computed from public GitHub metadata. Not a security guarantee._

- Maintenance: Dormant (computed 2026-07-11T11:36:25.743Z)
- Security scan: No lockfile (0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium, 0 low) · last scan 2026-07-11T11:36:26.348Z
- Full report: [trust report](/tools/raphaelsty-cherche/trust.md) · [JSON](https://www.graphcanon.com/api/graphcanon/tools/raphaelsty-cherche/trust)

## Categories

- [Vector Databases](/categories/vector-databases.md)
- [Data & Retrieval](/categories/data-retrieval.md)
- [Evaluation & Observability](/categories/evaluation-observability.md)

## Tags

neural-networks, neural-search, nlp, machine-learning, natural-language-processing, information-retrieval, flashtext, bm25

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- [RAG_Techniques](/tools/nirdiamant-rag-techniques.md) - Showcases advanced techniques for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems with detailed notebook tutorials. (★ 28,465) [Active]
- [deep-research](/tools/dzhng-deep-research.md) - An AI-powered research assistant that refines its topic focus over time using search engines, web scraping, and large language models. (★ 19,329) [Slowing]
- [clip-as-service](/tools/jina-ai-clip-as-service.md) - -scalable embedding, reasoning, ranking for images and sentences with CLIP- (★ 12,829) [Dormant]

_+ 2 more not listed._

## Adoption goal

Cherche is a Python library for implementing neural search capabilities.

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/raphaelsty-cherche`](/api/graphcanon/tools/raphaelsty-cherche)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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