Search without a second system.
One Postgres for your application data, full-text search, vector retrieval, and aggregations.
ParadeDB for Rails
The official ActiveRecord integration for ParadeDB (powered by the pg_search Postgres extension), including first-class support for managing ParadeDB indexes and running queries using the full ParadeDB API. The integration covers both full-text search and vector search over pgvector vector types. Follow the getting started guide to begin.
Requirements & Compatibility
| Component | Supported |
|---|---|
| Ruby | 3.2+ |
| Rails | 7.2+ |
| ParadeDB | 0.25.0+ |
| PostgreSQL | 15+ (with the ParadeDB pg_search extension) |
| pgvector | Required for vector search (included in the ParadeDB Docker image) |
Examples
- Quickstart
- Vector Search
- Faceted Search
- Hybrid Search (RRF)
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Autocomplete
- More Like This
See examples/README.md for setup instructions and a description of each example.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, running tests, linting, and the PR workflow.
Support
If you're missing a feature or have found a bug, please open a GitHub Issue.
To get community support, you can:
- Post a question in the ParadeDB Slack Community
- Ask for help on our GitHub Discussions
If you need commercial support, please contact the ParadeDB team.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the following members of the community for their valuable feedback and reviews during the development of this package:
- Eric Barendt - Engineering at Modern Treasury
- Matthew Higgins - Engineering at Modern Treasury
- Patrick Schmitz - Engineering at Modern Treasury
License
ParadeDB for Rails is licensed under the MIT License.