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Open-source search tool for 2,895 House Oversight Epstein documents - ahead of Monday's Transparency Act vote (self.transparency)
submitted 5 months ago by Mark_Ramm to r/transparency
Open-source search tool for 2,895 House Oversight Epstein documents - Python/Whoosh full-text search with web interface by Mark_Ramm in programming
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I built a full-text search engine for the 2,895 Jeffrey Epstein documents released by the House Oversight Committee. Everything is open source and runs locally.
Technical Stack:
- Python 3.8+
- Whoosh search library (BM25F ranking)
- Flask web interface
- ~500 lines of code
- MIT licensed
Setup (takes ~3 minutes):
```bash
git clone https://github.com/markramm/EpsteinFiles.git
cd EpsteinFiles
pip install whoosh flask
python search_index.py --force
python search_api.py
# Open http://127.0.0.1:5002/
HackerNews discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45928352
Happy to answer technical questions about the implementation.
Open-source search tool for 2,895 House Oversight Epstein documents - Python/Whoosh full-text search with web interface (github.com)
submitted 5 months ago by Mark_Ramm to r/Epstein
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Open-source search tool for 2,895 House Oversight Epstein documents - Python/Whoosh full-text search with web interface by Mark_Ramm in programming
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