// Hacker Noon · 8 April 2026

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

Postgres full-text search struggles at scale due to poor ranking and no top-k optimization. pg_textsearch introduces native BM25 with Block-Max WAND, delivering better relevance and 2–6x faster queries plus 8.7x higher throughput. Built directly on Postgres storage, it removes the need for Elasticse...

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