Editing Beagle (software) (section)

{{Short description|Search system for Unix}}
{{primary sources|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = Beagle
| logo                   = Beagle logo.png<!-- Image name is enough -->
| logo alt               = 
| screenshot             = Beagle-search.png<!-- Image name is enough -->
| caption                = A screenshot of Beagle's UI
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| author                 = 
| developer              = Beagle Team
| released               = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| discontinued           = yes
| latest release version = 0.3.9
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|2009|01|26}}
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date    = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| programming language   = [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]
| operating system       = [[Linux]], other [[Unix]] and Unix-like systems
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| language count         = <!-- Number only -->
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| genre                  = [[desktop search|Search tool]]
| license                = A mix of the [[MIT License|X11/MIT License]] and the [[Apache License]]
| website                = {{URL|www.beagle-project.org}}
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}}
[[Image:Best.png|thumb|Old user interface for Beagle, code named Best]]
'''Beagle''' is a [[desktop search|search system]] for [[Linux]] and other [[Unix-like]] systems, enabling the user to search documents, chat logs, email and contact lists. It is not actively developed.<ref>[http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dashboard-hackers/2010-January/msg00001.html not actively developed]</ref>

Beagle grew out of Dashboard,<ref>[https://archive.today/20130415100515/http://nat.org/dashboard/ Dashboard]</ref> an early [[Mono (software)|Mono]]-based application for watching and presenting useful information from a user's computer. It is written in [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] using Mono and uses a port of [[Lucene]] to C# called [[Lucene.Net]] as its [[Search engine indexing|indexer]]. Beagle includes a [[Gtk Sharp|Gtk#]]-based user interface, and integrates with Galago for [[presence information]].

Beagle was developed and maintained by [[Joe Shaw (programmer)|Joe Shaw]] with help from the [[Open-source software|open source]] community. Notable contributors included [[Jon Trowbridge]], [[Robert Love]], [[Nat Friedman]] and [[David Camp (programmer)|David Camp]].