diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c78c3d80fa..059ec6986d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloc-no-stdlib",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "allocator-api2"
+version = "0.2.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "683d7910e743518b0e34f1186f92494becacb047c7b6bf616c96772180fef923"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "android-tzdata"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -630,6 +636,15 @@ version = "2.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5c8214115b7bf84099f1309324e63141d4c5d7cc26862f97a0a857dbefe165bd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitpacking"
+version = "0.9.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4c1d3e2bfd8d06048a179f7b17afc3188effa10385e7b00dc65af6aae732ea92"
+dependencies = [
+ "crunchy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
 version = "0.10.4"
@@ -732,6 +747,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "shlex",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "census"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f4c707c6a209cbe82d10abd08e1ea8995e9ea937d2550646e02798948992be0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cexpr"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -968,6 +989,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.10.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.5.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06ba6d68e24814cb8de6bb986db8222d3a027d15872cabc0d18817bc3c0e4471"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-deque"
 version = "0.8.6"
@@ -1193,6 +1223,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.100",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "downcast-rs"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75b325c5dbd37f80359721ad39aca5a29fb04c89279657cffdda8736d0c0b9d2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dunce"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -1286,6 +1322,12 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3ebc5a6d89e3c90b84e8f33c8737933dda8f1c106b5415900b38b9d433841478"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fastdivide"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9afc2bd4d5a73106dd53d10d73d3401c2f32730ba2c0b93ddb888a8983680471"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "2.3.0"
@@ -1308,6 +1350,12 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foldhash"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9c4f5dac5e15c24eb999c26181a6ca40b39fe946cbe4c263c7209467bc83af2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "foreign-types"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -1342,6 +1390,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fs4"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7e180ac76c23b45e767bd7ae9579bc0bb458618c4bc71835926e098e61d15f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustix 0.38.44",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fs_extra"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -1559,6 +1617,11 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bf151400ff0baff5465007dd2f3e717f3fe502074ca563069ce3a6629d07b289"
+dependencies = [
+ "allocator-api2",
+ "equivalent",
+ "foldhash",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
@@ -1566,6 +1629,12 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d231dfb89cfffdbc30e7fc41579ed6066ad03abda9e567ccafae602b97ec5024"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -1620,6 +1689,12 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "459a0ca33ee92551e0a3bb1774f2d3bdd1c09fb6341845736662dd25e1fcb52a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "htmlescape"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e9025058dae765dee5070ec375f591e2ba14638c63feff74f13805a72e523163"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.12"
@@ -2002,6 +2077,9 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e0242819d153cba4b4b05a5a8f2a7e9bbf97b6055b2a002b395c96b5ff3c0222"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2188,6 +2266,12 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0eb5643013d835ce3779a5fc208261dbe10f55"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "levenshtein_automata"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0c2cdeb66e45e9f36bfad5bbdb4d2384e70936afbee843c6f6543f0c551ebb25"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.171"
@@ -2204,6 +2288,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libm"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8355be11b20d696c8f18f6cc018c4e372165b1fa8126cef092399c9951984ffa"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libredox"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -2248,6 +2338,21 @@ version = "0.4.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "13dc2df351e3202783a1fe0d44375f7295ffb4049267b0f3018346dc122a1d94"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lru"
+version = "0.12.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "234cf4f4a04dc1f57e24b96cc0cd600cf2af460d4161ac5ecdd0af8e1f3b2a38"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.15.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lz4_flex"
+version = "0.11.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75761162ae2b0e580d7e7c390558127e5f01b4194debd6221fd8c207fc80e3f5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -2260,12 +2365,31 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "60302e4db3a61da70c0cb7991976248362f30319e88850c487b9b95bbf059e00"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "measure_time"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dbefd235b0aadd181626f281e1d684e116972988c14c264e42069d5e8a5775cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "instant",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memmap2"
+version = "0.9.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fd3f7eed9d3848f8b98834af67102b720745c4ec028fcd0aa0239277e7de374f"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -2381,6 +2505,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "murmurhash32"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2195bf6aa996a481483b29d62a7663eed3fe39600c460e323f8ff41e90bdd89b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "native-tls"
 version = "0.2.14"
@@ -2506,6 +2636,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
+ "libm",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num_cpus"
+version = "1.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4161fcb6d602d4d2081af7c3a45852d875a03dd337a6bfdd6e06407b61342a43"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi 0.3.9",
+ "libc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2547,6 +2688,12 @@ version = "1.21.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "42f5e15c9953c5e4ccceeb2e7382a716482c34515315f7b03532b8b4e8393d2d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "oneshot"
+version = "0.1.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4ce411919553d3f9fa53a0880544cda985a112117a0444d5ff1e870a893d6ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "oorandom"
 version = "11.1.5"
@@ -2663,6 +2810,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha3",
  "snafu",
  "sysinfo",
+ "tantivy",
  "tempfile",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
@@ -2709,6 +2857,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ownedbytes"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3a059efb063b8f425b948e042e6b9bd85edfe60e913630ed727b23e2dfcc558"
+dependencies = [
+ "stable_deref_trait",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking"
 version = "2.2.1"
@@ -2951,6 +3108,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_distr"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "32cb0b9bc82b0a0876c2dd994a7e7a2683d3e7390ca40e6886785ef0c7e3ee31"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+ "rand",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon"
 version = "1.10.0"
@@ -3169,6 +3336,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rust-stemmers"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e46a2036019fdb888131db7a4c847a1063a7493f971ed94ea82c67eada63ca54"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.24"
@@ -3505,6 +3682,15 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sketches-ddsketch"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85636c14b73d81f541e525f585c0a2109e6744e1565b5c1668e31c70c10ed65c"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -3654,6 +3840,147 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tantivy"
+version = "0.22.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f8d0582f186c0a6d55655d24543f15e43607299425c5ad8352c242b914b31856"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "arc-swap",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "bitpacking",
+ "byteorder",
+ "census",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "downcast-rs",
+ "fastdivide",
+ "fnv",
+ "fs4",
+ "htmlescape",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
+ "levenshtein_automata",
+ "log",
+ "lru",
+ "lz4_flex",
+ "measure_time",
+ "memmap2",
+ "num_cpus",
+ "once_cell",
+ "oneshot",
+ "rayon",
+ "regex",
+ "rust-stemmers",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sketches-ddsketch",
+ "smallvec 1.14.0",
+ "tantivy-bitpacker",
+ "tantivy-columnar",
+ "tantivy-common",
+ "tantivy-fst",
+ "tantivy-query-grammar",
+ "tantivy-stacker",
+ "tantivy-tokenizer-api",
+ "tempfile",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "time",
+ "uuid",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tantivy-bitpacker"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "284899c2325d6832203ac6ff5891b297fc5239c3dc754c5bc1977855b23c10df"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitpacking",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tantivy-columnar"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "12722224ffbe346c7fec3275c699e508fd0d4710e629e933d5736ec524a1f44e"
+dependencies = [
+ "downcast-rs",
+ "fastdivide",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
+ "serde",
+ "tantivy-bitpacker",
+ "tantivy-common",
+ "tantivy-sstable",
+ "tantivy-stacker",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tantivy-common"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8019e3cabcfd20a1380b491e13ff42f57bb38bf97c3d5fa5c07e50816e0621f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "byteorder",
+ "ownedbytes",
+ "serde",
+ "time",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tantivy-fst"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d60769b80ad7953d8a7b2c70cdfe722bbcdcac6bccc8ac934c40c034d866fc18"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "regex-syntax",
+ "utf8-ranges",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tantivy-query-grammar"
+version = "0.22.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "847434d4af57b32e309f4ab1b4f1707a6c566656264caa427ff4285c4d9d0b82"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tantivy-sstable"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c69578242e8e9fc989119f522ba5b49a38ac20f576fc778035b96cc94f41f98e"
+dependencies = [
+ "tantivy-bitpacker",
+ "tantivy-common",
+ "tantivy-fst",
+ "zstd",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tantivy-stacker"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c56d6ff5591fc332739b3ce7035b57995a3ce29a93ffd6012660e0949c956ea8"
+dependencies = [
+ "murmurhash32",
+ "rand_distr",
+ "tantivy-common",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tantivy-tokenizer-api"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2a0dcade25819a89cfe6f17d932c9cedff11989936bf6dd4f336d50392053b04"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.19.1"
@@ -4030,6 +4357,12 @@ version = "1.0.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c8232dd3cdaed5356e0f716d285e4b40b932ac434100fe9b7e0e8e935b9e6246"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8-ranges"
+version = "1.0.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7fcfc827f90e53a02eaef5e535ee14266c1d569214c6aa70133a624d8a3164ba"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "utf8_iter"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -4042,6 +4375,16 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "uuid"
+version = "1.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "458f7a779bf54acc9f347480ac654f68407d3aab21269a6e3c9f922acd9e2da9"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.3.2",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -4654,3 +4997,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.100",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd"
+version = "0.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e91ee311a569c327171651566e07972200e76fcfe2242a4fa446149a3881c08a"
+dependencies = [
+ "zstd-safe",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-safe"
+version = "7.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f49c4d5f0abb602a93fb8736af2a4f4dd9512e36f7f570d66e65ff867ed3b9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "zstd-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-sys"
+version = "2.0.15+zstd.1.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eb81183ddd97d0c74cedf1d50d85c8d08c1b8b68ee863bdee9e706eedba1a237"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index adbb260c37..bb4b5a8347 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ tokio-stream = "0.1.9"
 tokio-util = {version = "0.7.3", features = ["compat"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["auth", "compression-br", "compression-gzip", "cors", "set-header"] }
 urlencoding = "2.1.3"
+tantivy = "0.22.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/src/index.rs b/src/index.rs
index 0cb54b3c83..1f169361ff 100644
--- a/src/index.rs
+++ b/src/index.rs
@@ -1941,6 +1941,24 @@ impl Index {
     Ok((inscriptions, more))
   }
 
+  pub fn get_inscriptions_by_sequence_range(
+    &self,
+    start_sequence: u32,
+    end_sequence: u32,
+  ) -> Result<Vec<InscriptionId>> {
+    let rtx = self.database.begin_read()?;
+
+    let sequence_number_to_inscription_entry =
+      rtx.open_table(SEQUENCE_NUMBER_TO_INSCRIPTION_ENTRY)?;
+
+    let inscriptions = sequence_number_to_inscription_entry
+      .range(start_sequence..=end_sequence)?
+      .map(|result| result.map(|(_number, entry)| InscriptionEntry::load(entry.value()).id))
+      .collect::<Result<Vec<InscriptionId>, StorageError>>()?;
+
+    Ok(inscriptions)
+  }
+
   pub fn get_inscriptions_in_block(&self, block_height: u32) -> Result<Vec<InscriptionId>> {
     let rtx = self.database.begin_read()?;
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c12e69d7ce..c3a700deab 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use {
     properties::Properties,
     representation::Representation,
     satscard::Satscard,
+    search_index::SearchIndex,
     settings::Settings,
     signer::Signer,
     subcommand::{OutputFormat, Subcommand, SubcommandResult},
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ mod re;
 mod representation;
 pub mod runes;
 mod satscard;
+mod search_index;
 pub mod settings;
 mod signer;
 pub mod subcommand;
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ const TARGET_POSTAGE: Amount = Amount::from_sat(10_000);
 static SHUTTING_DOWN: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 static LISTENERS: Mutex<Vec<axum_server::Handle>> = Mutex::new(Vec::new());
 static INDEXER: Mutex<Option<thread::JoinHandle<()>>> = Mutex::new(None);
+static SEARCH_INDEXER: Mutex<Option<thread::JoinHandle<()>>> = Mutex::new(None);
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -279,6 +282,14 @@ fn gracefully_shut_down_indexer() {
       log::warn!("Index thread panicked; join failed");
     }
   }
+
+  if let Some(search_indexer) = SEARCH_INDEXER.lock().unwrap().take() {
+    shut_down();
+    log::info!("Waiting for search index thread to finish...");
+    if search_indexer.join().is_err() {
+      log::warn!("Search index thread panicked; join failed");
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 pub fn main() {
diff --git a/src/options.rs b/src/options.rs
index 5eea5de4db..e26b7bb0d4 100644
--- a/src/options.rs
+++ b/src/options.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ pub struct Options {
     help = "Do not index inscriptions."
   )]
   pub(crate) no_index_inscriptions: bool,
+  #[arg(long, help = "Use search index at <SEARCH_INDEX>.")]
+  pub(crate) search_index: Option<PathBuf>,
   #[arg(
     long,
     help = "Require basic HTTP authentication with <SERVER_PASSWORD>. Credentials are sent in cleartext. Consider using authentication in conjunction with HTTPS."
diff --git a/src/search_index.rs b/src/search_index.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e16b21e19d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/search_index.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+use {
+  super::*,
+  crate::subcommand::server::query,
+  tantivy::{
+    collector::{Count, TopDocs},
+    directory::MmapDirectory,
+    query::QueryParser,
+    schema::{
+      document::OwnedValue, DateOptions, DateTimePrecision, Field, Schema as TantivySchema,
+      INDEXED, STORED, STRING,
+    },
+    DateTime, Index as TantivyIndex, IndexReader, IndexWriter, ReloadPolicy, TantivyDocument,
+  },
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct Schema {
+  inscription_id: Field,
+  charm: Field,
+  sat_name: Field,
+  timestamp: Field,
+}
+
+impl Schema {
+  fn default_search_fields(&self) -> Vec<Field> {
+    vec![
+      self.inscription_id,
+      self.charm,
+      self.sat_name,
+      self.timestamp,
+    ]
+  }
+
+  fn search_result(&self, document: &TantivyDocument) -> Option<SearchResult> {
+    let inscription_id = document.get_first(self.inscription_id).and_then(|value| {
+      if let OwnedValue::Str(id_str) = value {
+        Some(id_str)
+      } else {
+        None
+      }
+    })?;
+
+    Some(SearchResult {
+      inscription_id: inscription_id.parse().ok()?,
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct SearchIndex {
+  ord_index: Arc<Index>,
+  reader: IndexReader,
+  schema: Schema,
+  search_index: TantivyIndex,
+  writer: Arc<Mutex<IndexWriter>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
+pub struct SearchResult {
+  pub inscription_id: InscriptionId,
+}
+
+impl SearchIndex {
+  pub fn open(index: Arc<Index>, settings: &Settings) -> Result<Self> {
+    let mut schema_builder = TantivySchema::builder();
+
+    let schema = Schema {
+      inscription_id: schema_builder.add_text_field("inscription_id", STRING | STORED),
+      charm: schema_builder.add_text_field("charm", STRING),
+      sat_name: schema_builder.add_text_field("sat_name", STRING),
+      timestamp: schema_builder.add_date_field(
+        "timestamp",
+        DateOptions::from(INDEXED)
+          .set_fast()
+          .set_precision(DateTimePrecision::Seconds),
+      ),
+    };
+
+    let path = settings.search_index().to_owned();
+
+    fs::create_dir_all(&path).snafu_context(error::Io { path: path.clone() })?;
+
+    let search_index =
+      TantivyIndex::open_or_create(MmapDirectory::open(path)?, schema_builder.build())?;
+
+    let reader = search_index
+      .reader_builder()
+      .reload_policy(ReloadPolicy::OnCommitWithDelay)
+      .try_into()?;
+
+    let writer = search_index.writer(50_000_000)?;
+
+    Ok(Self {
+      ord_index: index,
+      reader,
+      schema,
+      search_index,
+      writer: Arc::new(Mutex::new(writer)),
+    })
+  }
+
+  pub fn search(&self, query: &str) -> Result<Vec<SearchResult>> {
+    let searcher = self.reader.searcher();
+
+    Ok(
+      searcher
+        .search(
+          &self.query_parser().parse_query(query)?,
+          &TopDocs::with_limit(100),
+        )?
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|(_score, doc_address)| {
+          self
+            .schema
+            .search_result(&searcher.doc::<TantivyDocument>(*doc_address).ok()?)
+        })
+        .collect(),
+    )
+  }
+
+  pub fn update(&self) -> Result {
+    let batch_size = 100;
+
+    let mut starting_sequence_number = 0;
+
+    let mut writer = self.writer.lock().unwrap();
+
+    loop {
+      let batch = self.ord_index.get_inscriptions_by_sequence_range(
+        starting_sequence_number,
+        starting_sequence_number + batch_size,
+      )?;
+
+      if batch.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(());
+      }
+
+      for inscription_id in batch {
+        self.add_inscription(inscription_id, &mut writer)?;
+
+        if SHUTTING_DOWN.load(atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) {
+          writer.commit()?;
+          return Ok(());
+        }
+      }
+
+      writer.commit()?;
+
+      starting_sequence_number += batch_size;
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn add_inscription(&self, inscription_id: InscriptionId, writer: &mut IndexWriter) -> Result {
+    let searcher = self.reader.searcher();
+
+    let query = self
+      .query_parser()
+      .parse_query(&format!("inscription_id:{inscription_id}"))?;
+
+    if searcher.search(&query, &Count)? > 0 {
+      return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let (inscription, _, _) = self
+      .ord_index
+      .inscription_info(query::Inscription::Id(inscription_id), None)?
+      .ok_or(anyhow!(format!(
+        "failed to get info for inscription with id `{inscription_id}`"
+      )))?;
+
+    let mut document = TantivyDocument::default();
+
+    document.add_text(self.schema.inscription_id, inscription.id.to_string());
+
+    for charm in inscription.charms {
+      document.add_text(self.schema.charm, charm);
+    }
+
+    if let Some(sat) = inscription.sat {
+      document.add_text(self.schema.sat_name, sat.name());
+    }
+
+    document.add_date(
+      self.schema.timestamp,
+      DateTime::from_timestamp_secs(inscription.timestamp),
+    );
+
+    writer.add_document(document)?;
+
+    log::info!(
+      "Added inscription with id `{}` to search index",
+      inscription_id
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
+  fn query_parser(&self) -> QueryParser {
+    let mut query_parser =
+      QueryParser::for_index(&self.search_index, self.schema.default_search_fields());
+
+    query_parser.set_conjunction_by_default();
+
+    query_parser
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index 9f814eac7a..a8b7b77765 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ pub struct Settings {
   bitcoin_rpc_username: Option<String>,
   chain: Option<Chain>,
   commit_interval: Option<usize>,
-  savepoint_interval: Option<usize>,
-  max_savepoints: Option<usize>,
   config: Option<PathBuf>,
   config_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
   cookie_file: Option<PathBuf>,
@@ -26,7 +24,10 @@ pub struct Settings {
   index_sats: bool,
   index_transactions: bool,
   integration_test: bool,
+  max_savepoints: Option<usize>,
   no_index_inscriptions: bool,
+  savepoint_interval: Option<usize>,
+  search_index: Option<PathBuf>,
   server_password: Option<String>,
   server_url: Option<String>,
   server_username: Option<String>,
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ impl Settings {
       chain: self.chain.or(source.chain),
       commit_interval: self.commit_interval.or(source.commit_interval),
       savepoint_interval: self.savepoint_interval.or(source.savepoint_interval),
+      search_index: self.search_index.or(source.search_index),
       max_savepoints: self.max_savepoints.or(source.max_savepoints),
       config: self.config.or(source.config),
       config_dir: self.config_dir.or(source.config_dir),
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ impl Settings {
       index_transactions: options.index_transactions,
       integration_test: options.integration_test,
       no_index_inscriptions: options.no_index_inscriptions,
+      search_index: options.search_index,
       server_password: options.server_password,
       server_url: None,
       server_username: options.server_username,
@@ -270,6 +273,7 @@ impl Settings {
       index_transactions: get_bool("INDEX_TRANSACTIONS"),
       integration_test: get_bool("INTEGRATION_TEST"),
       no_index_inscriptions: get_bool("NO_INDEX_INSCRIPTIONS"),
+      search_index: get_path("SEARCH_INDEX"),
       server_password: get_string("SERVER_PASSWORD"),
       server_url: get_string("SERVER_URL"),
       server_username: get_string("SERVER_USERNAME"),
@@ -302,6 +306,7 @@ impl Settings {
       index_transactions: false,
       integration_test: false,
       no_index_inscriptions: false,
+      search_index: None,
       server_password: None,
       server_url: Some(server_url.into()),
       server_username: None,
@@ -341,6 +346,11 @@ impl Settings {
       None => data_dir.join("index.redb"),
     };
 
+    let search_index = match &self.search_index {
+      Some(path) => path.clone(),
+      None => data_dir.join("search-index"),
+    };
+
     Ok(Self {
       bitcoin_data_dir: Some(bitcoin_data_dir),
       bitcoin_rpc_limit: Some(self.bitcoin_rpc_limit.unwrap_or(12)),
@@ -378,6 +388,7 @@ impl Settings {
       index_transactions: self.index_transactions,
       integration_test: self.integration_test,
       no_index_inscriptions: self.no_index_inscriptions,
+      search_index: Some(search_index),
       server_password: self.server_password,
       server_url: self.server_url,
       server_username: self.server_username,
@@ -595,6 +606,10 @@ impl Settings {
     self.bitcoin_rpc_limit.unwrap()
   }
 
+  pub fn search_index(&self) -> &Path {
+    self.search_index.as_ref().unwrap()
+  }
+
   pub fn server_url(&self) -> Option<&str> {
     self.server_url.as_deref()
   }
@@ -1083,6 +1098,7 @@ mod tests {
       ("INDEX_TRANSACTIONS", "1"),
       ("INTEGRATION_TEST", "1"),
       ("NO_INDEX_INSCRIPTIONS", "1"),
+      ("SEARCH_INDEX", "search-index"),
       ("SERVER_PASSWORD", "server password"),
       ("SERVER_URL", "server url"),
       ("SERVER_USERNAME", "server username"),
@@ -1129,6 +1145,7 @@ mod tests {
         index_transactions: true,
         integration_test: true,
         no_index_inscriptions: true,
+        search_index: Some("search-index".into()),
         server_password: Some("server password".into()),
         server_url: Some("server url".into()),
         server_username: Some("server username".into()),
@@ -1164,6 +1181,7 @@ mod tests {
           "--index=index",
           "--integration-test",
           "--no-index-inscriptions",
+          "--search-index=search-index",
           "--server-password=server password",
           "--server-username=server username",
         ])
@@ -1194,6 +1212,7 @@ mod tests {
         index_transactions: true,
         integration_test: true,
         no_index_inscriptions: true,
+        search_index: Some("search-index".into()),
         server_password: Some("server password".into()),
         server_url: None,
         server_username: Some("server username".into()),
diff --git a/src/subcommand.rs b/src/subcommand.rs
index d3213303a7..f9a5f2aaf8 100644
--- a/src/subcommand.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand.rs
@@ -72,10 +72,11 @@ impl Subcommand {
       Self::Parse(parse) => parse.run(),
       Self::Runes => runes::run(settings),
       Self::Server(server) => {
-        let index = Arc::new(Index::open(&settings)?);
+        let index = Arc::new(Index::open_with_event_sender(&settings, None)?);
+        let search_index = Arc::new(SearchIndex::open(index.clone(), &settings)?);
         let handle = axum_server::Handle::new();
         LISTENERS.lock().unwrap().push(handle.clone());
-        server.run(settings, index, handle)
+        server.run(settings, index, Some(search_index), handle)
       }
       Self::Settings => settings::run(settings),
       Self::Subsidy(subsidy) => subsidy.run(),
diff --git a/src/subcommand/server.rs b/src/subcommand/server.rs
index 88084ca39d..d616bc49fe 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/server.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand/server.rs
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ use {
   },
   super::*,
   crate::templates::{
-    AddressHtml, BlockHtml, BlocksHtml, ChildrenHtml, ClockSvg, CollectionsHtml, HomeHtml,
-    InputHtml, InscriptionHtml, InscriptionsBlockHtml, InscriptionsHtml, OutputHtml, PageContent,
-    PageHtml, ParentsHtml, PreviewAudioHtml, PreviewCodeHtml, PreviewFontHtml, PreviewIframeHtml,
-    PreviewImageHtml, PreviewMarkdownHtml, PreviewModelHtml, PreviewPdfHtml, PreviewTextHtml,
-    PreviewUnknownHtml, PreviewVideoHtml, RareTxt, RuneHtml, RuneNotFoundHtml, RunesHtml, SatHtml,
-    SatscardHtml, TransactionHtml,
+    AddressHtml, BlockHtml, BlocksHtml, ChildrenHtml, ClockSvg, CollectionsHtml, ExploreHtml,
+    HomeHtml, InputHtml, InscriptionHtml, InscriptionsBlockHtml, InscriptionsHtml, OutputHtml,
+    PageContent, PageHtml, ParentsHtml, PreviewAudioHtml, PreviewCodeHtml, PreviewFontHtml,
+    PreviewIframeHtml, PreviewImageHtml, PreviewMarkdownHtml, PreviewModelHtml, PreviewPdfHtml,
+    PreviewTextHtml, PreviewUnknownHtml, PreviewVideoHtml, RareTxt, RuneHtml, RuneNotFoundHtml,
+    RunesHtml, SatHtml, SatscardHtml, TransactionHtml,
   },
   axum::{
     extract::{DefaultBodyLimit, Extension, Json, Path, Query},
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ pub(crate) enum OutputType {
   Runic,
 }
 
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct Explore {
+  query: Option<String>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 struct Search {
   query: String,
@@ -146,7 +151,13 @@ pub struct Server {
 }
 
 impl Server {
-  pub fn run(self, settings: Settings, index: Arc<Index>, handle: Handle) -> SubcommandResult {
+  pub fn run(
+    self,
+    settings: Settings,
+    index: Arc<Index>,
+    search_index: Option<Arc<SearchIndex>>,
+    handle: Handle,
+  ) -> SubcommandResult {
     Runtime::new()?.block_on(async {
       let index_clone = index.clone();
       let integration_test = settings.integration_test();
@@ -171,6 +182,30 @@ impl Server {
 
       INDEXER.lock().unwrap().replace(index_thread);
 
+      if let Some(search_index) = &search_index {
+        let search_index_clone = search_index.clone();
+
+        let search_index_thread = thread::spawn(move || loop {
+          if SHUTTING_DOWN.load(atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) {
+            break;
+          }
+
+          if !self.no_sync {
+            if let Err(error) = search_index_clone.update() {
+              log::warn!("Updating search index: {error}");
+            }
+          }
+
+          thread::sleep(if integration_test {
+            Duration::from_millis(100)
+          } else {
+            self.polling_interval.into()
+          });
+        });
+
+        SEARCH_INDEXER.lock().unwrap().replace(search_index_thread);
+      }
+
       let settings = Arc::new(settings);
       let acme_domains = self.acme_domains()?;
 
@@ -185,7 +220,7 @@ impl Server {
       });
 
       // non-recursive endpoints
-      let router = Router::new()
+      let mut router = Router::new()
         .route("/", get(Self::home))
         .route("/address/{address}", get(Self::address))
         .route("/block/{query}", get(Self::block))
@@ -247,6 +282,15 @@ impl Server {
         .route("/tx/{txid}", get(Self::transaction))
         .route("/update", get(Self::update));
 
+      if let Some(search_index) = search_index {
+        router = router.nest(
+          "/explore",
+          Router::new()
+            .route("/", get(Self::explore))
+            .layer(Extension(search_index)),
+        );
+      }
+
       // recursive endpoints
       let router = router
         .route("/blockhash", get(r::blockhash_string))
@@ -591,6 +635,23 @@ impl Server {
     })
   }
 
+  async fn explore(
+    Extension(server_config): Extension<Arc<ServerConfig>>,
+    Extension(search_index): Extension<Arc<SearchIndex>>,
+    Query(explore): Query<Explore>,
+  ) -> ServerResult {
+    let search_results = match explore.query {
+      Some(query) => search_index.search(&query)?,
+      None => Vec::new(),
+    };
+
+    Ok(
+      ExploreHtml { search_results }
+        .page(server_config)
+        .into_response(),
+    )
+  }
+
   async fn fallback(Extension(index): Extension<Arc<Index>>, uri: Uri) -> ServerResult<Response> {
     task::block_in_place(|| {
       let path = urlencoding::decode(uri.path().trim_matches('/'))
@@ -2121,7 +2182,11 @@ mod tests {
       {
         let index = index.clone();
         let ord_server_handle = ord_server_handle.clone();
-        thread::spawn(|| server.run(settings, index, ord_server_handle).unwrap());
+        thread::spawn(|| {
+          server
+            .run(settings, index, None, ord_server_handle)
+            .unwrap()
+        });
       }
 
       while index.statistic(crate::index::Statistic::Commits) == 0 {
diff --git a/src/templates.rs b/src/templates.rs
index dea29c786a..9fe0373879 100644
--- a/src/templates.rs
+++ b/src/templates.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub(crate) use {
   children::ChildrenHtml,
   clock::ClockSvg,
   collections::CollectionsHtml,
+  explore::ExploreHtml,
   home::HomeHtml,
   iframe::Iframe,
   input::InputHtml,
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ pub mod blocks;
 mod children;
 mod clock;
 pub mod collections;
+mod explore;
 mod home;
 mod iframe;
 mod input;
diff --git a/src/templates/explore.rs b/src/templates/explore.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b52df016db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/explore.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use {super::*, search_index::SearchResult};
+
+#[derive(Boilerplate)]
+pub(crate) struct ExploreHtml {
+  pub(crate) search_results: Vec<SearchResult>,
+}
+
+impl PageContent for ExploreHtml {
+  fn title(&self) -> String {
+    "Explore".to_string()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/templates/explore.html b/templates/explore.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41da73108c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/explore.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<h1>Explore</h1>
+
+<form action=/explore method=get>
+  <input type=text autocapitalize=off autocomplete=off autocorrect=off name=query spellcheck=false>
+  <input class=icon type=image src=/static/magnifying-glass.svg alt=Search>
+</form>
+
+%% if !self.search_results.is_empty() {
+<h2>Results ({{ self.search_results.len() }})</h2>
+<div class=thumbnails>
+%% for result in &self.search_results {
+  {{ Iframe::thumbnail(result.inscription_id) }}
+%% }
+</div>
+%% }
diff --git a/tests/settings.rs b/tests/settings.rs
index 0280e16df8..4bf4fb0457 100644
--- a/tests/settings.rs
+++ b/tests/settings.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ fn default() {
   "bitcoin_rpc_username": null,
   "chain": "mainnet",
   "commit_interval": 5000,
-  "savepoint_interval": 10,
-  "max_savepoints": 2,
   "config": null,
   "config_dir": null,
   "cookie_file": ".*\.cookie",
@@ -29,7 +27,10 @@ fn default() {
   "index_sats": false,
   "index_transactions": false,
   "integration_test": false,
+  "max_savepoints": 2,
   "no_index_inscriptions": false,
+  "savepoint_interval": 10,
+  "search_index": ".*search-index",
   "server_password": null,
   "server_url": null,
   "server_username": null
diff --git a/tests/test_server.rs b/tests/test_server.rs
index 57bdce2a8b..1cf5ddc4e3 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.rs
+++ b/tests/test_server.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ impl TestServer {
     {
       let index = index.clone();
       let ord_server_handle = ord_server_handle.clone();
-      thread::spawn(|| server.run(settings, index, ord_server_handle).unwrap());
+      thread::spawn(|| {
+        server
+          .run(settings, index, None, ord_server_handle)
+          .unwrap()
+      });
     }
 
     for i in 0.. {