Search technology adopted by Lucene

The fastest way to add
AI search to your product

Tell Claude or Codex what you need to build the latest search features for your data

Build camping product search in 10 minutes

Install UQA

Install directly

curl -fsSL https://releases.uqa-cloud.cognica.io/install.sh | sh

Review the installer first

curl -fsSL https://releases.uqa-cloud.cognica.io/install.sh -o /tmp/uqa-install.sh
less /tmp/uqa-install.sh
sh /tmp/uqa-install.sh

Let Claude or Codex install it

Open https://uqa.cognica.io/ and install UQA and its usage skills

Then tell Claude or Codex

Use UQA for the database

Available locally today · UQA Cloud is preparing for beta

Everyone gets stuck here

Read the tutorials

Build accurate search and recommendations with UQA

Word and semantic search surface the most relevant results, while relationships in your data can also power recommendations.

Pick a query and search 20 camping products.

Setting up the search engine in your browser.

Technology already adopted by global search infrastructure

Public release notes from Lucene, MTEB, and Vespa document the adoption of UQA’s core search technology.

The open-source search technology behind Elasticsearch and OpenSearch.

UQA’s word and semantic search combination was added to the official codebase.

Apache Lucene

It evaluates AI search models on shared criteria and publishes results on Hugging Face.

UQA’s search model was registered as an official benchmark baseline.

MTEB

An AI search platform for operating search and recommendations at scale.

Search and ranking support for UQA’s search model was added to the official codebase.

Vespa

Frequently asked

Do I need to be a developer?

Install the skills and you can ask Claude or Codex to handle setup and wiring. No commands to memorise.

Can UQA run inside Supabase?

Supabase does not run UQA. Using both requires a clear decision about where each type of data is stored and how changes are synchronized.

Do I have to drop my current database?

No. UQA is Postgres-compatible, so your existing clients and queries keep working.

Do I need a separate server for local use?

No. UQA embeds in your local app and runs without a separate server.

Can I export my stored data?

Yes. Export it and carry on somewhere else.

How do I update UQA?

Run `uqa update` in your terminal, then check the version with `uqa --version`. UQA can show an update notice when it runs, but you will not see it on days when you do not open a terminal or coding agent.

Can I try it before installing?

Yes. The search demo on this page and the playground run UQA entirely in your browser.Search demo Playground

Just install it

Install UQA locally with one command, then hand setup and wiring to Claude or Codex.

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