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 <p align="center">a concurrent indexer combined with fast and relevant search algorithms</p>
 
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+DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS REPOSITORY ANYMORE. IT WILL BE ARCHIVED SOON. ONLY THE MEILISEARCH TEAM IS ALLOWED TO CONTRIBUTE.
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+The content of this repository is now available in the [Meilisearch repository in the workspace `milli`](https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/tree/main/milli).
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 ## Introduction
 
 This repository contains the core engine used in [Meilisearch].