Use cases

SEAL is used by data-processing frameworks and content management systems that need one API for multiple search engines.

Flow PHP

Flow PHP uses the flow-php/etl-adapter-seal package to write rows from its data pipelines to search indexes. Flow replaced its dedicated Elasticsearch adapter with SEAL so the same pipeline can target Elasticsearch, Opensearch, Meilisearch, Solr, Typesense, Algolia, RediSearch, or Loupe.

• SEAL DSL reference in Flow PHP

• Flow PHP migration guide

Content management systems

Contao CMS

Contao CMS uses SEAL for its back end search. Administrators can select a search engine through a DSN, while the contao/loupe-bridge package provides a local option that does not require a separate search server.

See the Contao back end search documentation.

Sulu CMS

Sulu CMS uses the SEAL bundle for search in both its administration interface and websites since Sulu 3.0.

See the Sulu search documentation.

TYPO3

The TYPO3 SEAL extension connects TYPO3’s indexing system to SEAL. It provides front end search, autocomplete, schema management, and DSN-based selection of search engine adapters.

Are you using SEAL? Share your project and setup in the SEAL usage discussion.