Show HN: Open GIF Search

The data set is small. The search system is exclusively based on similarity search using word vectors. One result of this is that an image that should be returned for a search for 'parrot' is only returned for a search for 'bird'. A better search system would combine both word vectors and keyword matching so that if a description contains parrot it matches parrot but bird would also match parrot.

I like the concept! We need something like this, especially now that GIPHY is a FB product.

I searched for "salty" then "salt" "wave". The suggestions were "question_mark", "faucet", and "ocean sunset" respectively.

Might want to considering outsourcing the actual search functionality to an external engine for better accuracy. Here are some good choices: https://github.com/topics/search-engine

Proof of concept on an open sourced Gif Search Engine.

I'm not sure what the sources are, but the results are quite monotonous.

Google Image search also has a GIF only search:

https://www.google.com/search?q=meme&tbm=isch&tbs=itp:animat...

I did two searches related to hiking in the mountains, both of which returned a gif of a dog spinning on a turntable.

So far, this is nowhere near the quality of a google image search, or even giphy.

Your full full text search needs tuning