Search

Stratum uses Tantivy, a Rust full-text search engine, for fast local search. Queries return results in under 100ms even with 10,000+ notes.

Opening Search

Click Search in the sidebar or navigate to /search.

Basic Search

Type your query and press Enter or click Search:

machine learning transformer

Results show: - Content — the matched text with highlights - Page — the page containing the match - Score — relevance ranking

Click any result to navigate to that page.

Tag Search

Prefix your query with # to search by tag:

#project
#rust
#meeting

This finds all blocks tagged with the given tag.

Search Results

Each result shows:

• Snippet — the matched content with keyword highlighting
• Page path — which page contains the match
• Score — search relevance score (higher = more relevant)

Rebuilding the Index

If you've made manual changes to your .md files outside Stratum, you can rebuild the search index:

1. Open Search
2. Click Rebuild Index
3. The index is rebuilt from all blocks in the vault

You can also rebuild from Settings → Developer → Reindex All.

Index Storage

The search index is stored in .pkm/search.idx. It's fully rebuildable from your blocks — no data loss if deleted.

Tips

• Search is block-level, not just page-level — you'll find specific paragraphs
• Prefix # for tag search (much faster than general search)
• Rebuild the index if you've made large file imports or moved your vault