Lucene Reviews

Name: Lucene
Brand: Apache
Rating: 4.0 (1 reviews)

Vendor: Apache

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What is Lucene?

Lucene Core, our flagship sub-project, provides Java-based indexing and search technology.

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Lucene is the #9 ranked solution in top Indexing and Search solutions. PeerSpot users give Lucene an average rating of 8.0 out of 10. Lucene is most commonly compared to OpenText Knowledge Discovery (IDOL): Lucene vs OpenText Knowledge Discovery (IDOL).

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Indexing and Search

December 2025

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Lucene mindshare

As of January 2026, the mindshare of Lucene in the Indexing and Search category stands at 4.3%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Indexing and Search Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Lucene	4.3%
Elastic Search	13.6%
Lucidworks	7.5%
Other	74.6%

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Bloomberg, Salesforce, Bank of America, AT&T, SAP, JP Morgan Chase, Capital One, DirecTV, Boeing, Monsanto, Warner Bros, The Walt Disney Company, Goldman Sachs, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, BlackRock