Fixed post install step

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.idea
+.vscode
+
+logs
+*.log
+
+bin/*.dll
+bin/kiwix*
+node_modles
+zims

bin/install-kwix.js

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import https from 'node:https';
+import {execFileSync} from 'node:child_process';
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+const VERSION = '3.8.1';
+const BASE_URL = 'https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-tools';
+const PLATFORM_MAP = {linux: 'linux', darwin: 'macos', win32: 'win'};
+
+const BIN_NAME = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'kiwix-search.exe' : 'kiwix-search';
+const BIN_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'bin'); // project root/bin
+const BIN_PATH = path.join(BIN_DIR, BIN_NAME);
+
+/** Download a file, following redirects. */
+function download(url, dest) {
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		const file = fs.createWriteStream(dest);
+		https.get(url, res => {
+			if (res.statusCode >= 300 && res.statusCode < 400 && res.headers.location) {
+				file.close();
+				return resolve(download(res.headers.location, dest));
+			}
+			if (!res.statusCode || res.statusCode >= 400) {
+				return reject(new Error(`Download failed: ${res.statusCode} ${res.statusMessage}`));
+			}
+			res.pipe(file);
+			file.on('finish', () => file.close(resolve));
+		}).on('error', err => fs.unlink(dest, () => reject(err)));
+	});
+}
+
+/** Recursively search a directory for a file by name. */
+function findFile(dir, name) {
+	for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(dir, {withFileTypes: true})) {
+		const full = path.join(dir, entry.name);
+		if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+			const found = findFile(full, name);
+			if (found) return found;
+		} else if (entry.name === name) {
+			return full;
+		}
+	}
+	return null;
+}
+
+async function downloadAndExtract() {
+	const platformName = PLATFORM_MAP[process.platform];
+	if (!platformName) throw new Error(`Unsupported platform: ${process.platform}`);
+
+	const ext = platformName === 'win' ? 'zip' : 'tar.gz';
+	const archiveName = `kiwix-tools_${platformName}-x86_64-${VERSION}.${ext}`;
+	const url = `${BASE_URL}/${archiveName}`;
+	const tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'kiwix-tools-'));
+	const archivePath = path.join(tmpDir, archiveName);
+
+	console.log('Downloading kiwix-tools from:', url);
+	await download(url, archivePath);
+
+	console.log('Extracting...');
+	execFileSync('tar', ['-xf', archivePath, '-C', tmpDir]); // bsdtar handles zip too
+
+	const extractedBin = findFile(tmpDir, BIN_NAME);
+	if (!extractedBin) throw new Error(`Could not find ${BIN_NAME} in extracted archive`);
+	const extractedDir = path.dirname(extractedBin);
+
+	await fs.promises.mkdir(BIN_DIR, {recursive: true});
+
+	// Copy the binary plus any DLLs sitting alongside it (Windows deps)
+	for (const entry of await fs.promises.readdir(extractedDir)) {
+		if (entry === BIN_NAME || entry.toLowerCase().endsWith('.dll')) {
+			await fs.promises.copyFile(path.join(extractedDir, entry), path.join(BIN_DIR, entry));
+		}
+	}
+	if (process.platform !== 'win32') await fs.promises.chmod(BIN_PATH, 0o755);
+
+	await fs.promises.rm(tmpDir, {recursive: true, force: true});
+	console.log('Installed to:', BIN_PATH);
+}
+
+downloadAndExtract().catch(err => {
+	console.error(err);
+	process.exit(1)
+}).finally(() => process.exit());

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@ztimson/zim-utils",
-	"version": "0.2.0",
+	"version": "0.2.4",
 	"description": "Native, dependency-light ZIM archive reader/searcher and Kiwix catalog downloader for Node.js",
 	"author": "Zak Timson",
 	"license": "MIT",
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 		"url": "https://git.zakscode.com/ztimson/zim-utils"
 	},
 	"main": "src/index.js",
+	"scripts": {
+		"postinstall": "node ./bin/install-kwix.js"
+	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@ztimson/utils": "^0.30.7",
 		"lzma1": "^0.3.0",

src/catalog.js

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import {fuzzyMatch} from './utils.js';
 import {decodeHtml} from '@ztimson/utils';
 
-export const CATALOG_URL = 'https://library.kiwix.org/catalog/v2/entries';
+export const CATALOG_URL = 'https://library.kiwix.org';
 
 const PAGE_SIZE = 100;
 
-function parseEntries(xml, baseUrl = 'https://library.kiwix.org') {
+function parseEntries(xml, catalog = CATALOG_URL) {
 	const blocks = xml.match(/<entry>[\s\S]*?<\/entry>/g) || [];
 	return blocks.map(b => {
 		const grab = re => (b.match(re) || [])[1] || '';
@@ -14,29 +14,31 @@ function parseEntries(xml, baseUrl = 'https://library.kiwix.org') {
 			|| b.match(/<link[^>]*type=["']image\/[^"']*["'][^>]*href=["']([^"']+)["']/);
 		let tags = grab(/<tags>([^<]*)<\/tags>/);
 		if(tags) tags = tags.split(';');
+		const name = grab(/<name>([^<]*)<\/name>/);
 		return {
 			id: grab(/<id>([^<]*)<\/id>/),
 			title: decodeHtml(grab(/<title>([^<]*)<\/title>/)),
 			updated: new Date(grab(/<updated>([^<]*)<\/updated>/)),
 			summary: decodeHtml(grab(/<summary>([^<]*)<\/summary>/)),
 			language: grab(/<language>([^<]*)<\/language>/),
-			name: grab(/<name>([^<]*)<\/name>/),
+			name,
 			category: grab(/<category>([^<]*)<\/category>/),
 			tags,
 			mediaCount: Number(grab(/<mediaCount>([^<]*)<\/mediaCount>/)) || 0,
 			author: grab(/<author>\s*<name>([^<]*)<\/name>\s*<\/author>/m),
 			publisher: grab(/<publisher>\s*<name>([^<]*)<\/name>\s*<\/publisher>/m),
 			articleCount: Number(grab(/<articleCount>([^<]*)<\/articleCount>/)) || 0,
-			sizeMb: linkMatch ? (Number((b.match(/length=["'](\d+)["']/) || [])[1] || 0) / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1) : '?',
+			sizeMb: linkMatch ? +(Number((b.match(/length=["'](\d+)["']/) || [])[1] || 0) / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1) : '?',
-			href: linkMatch ? linkMatch[1] : null,
+			download: linkMatch ? linkMatch[1] : null,
-			icon: iconMatch ? new URL(iconMatch[1], baseUrl).href : null,
+			icon: iconMatch ? new URL(iconMatch[1], catalog).href : null,
+			viewer: name ? new URL(`viewer#${name}`, catalog).href : null,
 		};
 	});
 }
 
 async function fetchEntries(term, lang, url = CATALOG_URL) {
 	const params = new URLSearchParams({q: term, count: String(PAGE_SIZE), lang: lang || 'eng'});
-	const res = await fetch(`${url}?${params}`);
+	const res = await fetch(`${url}/catalog/v2/entries?${params}`);
 	if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${res.statusText}`);
 	return parseEntries(await res.text());
 }
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ async function fetchEntries(term, lang, url = CATALOG_URL) {
 /** Looks up a single catalog entry by exact `name` (used to check for available updates). */
 export async function zimCatalogInfo(name, url = CATALOG_URL) {
 	const params = new URLSearchParams({name, count: '5'});
-	const res = await fetch(`${url}?${params}`);
+	const res = await fetch(`${url}/catalog/v2/entries?${params}`);
 	if (!res.ok) return null;
 	return parseEntries(await res.text()).find(e => e.name === name) || null;
 }

src/decompress-worker.js

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+'use strict';
+
+import {parentPort} from 'node:worker_threads';
+import {decompress as lzmaDecompress} from 'lzma1';
+import {ZstdCodec} from 'zstd-codec';
+
+let zstdStreamingPromise = null;
+
+function getZstd() {
+	if (!zstdStreamingPromise) {
+		zstdStreamingPromise = new Promise(resolve => ZstdCodec.run(zstd => resolve(new zstd.Streaming())));
+	}
+	return zstdStreamingPromise;
+}
+
+/** Rebuilds a full 13-byte "alone" LZMA header from libzim's truncated 5-byte one (unknown size). */
+function toLzmaAloneStream(body) {
+	const header = Buffer.concat([body.subarray(0, 5), Buffer.alloc(8, 0xff)]);
+	return Buffer.concat([header, body.subarray(5)]);
+}
+
+parentPort.on('message', async ({id, compType, body}) => {
+	try {
+		const buf = Buffer.from(body);
+		const data = compType === 4
+			? Buffer.from(lzmaDecompress(toLzmaAloneStream(buf)))
+			: Buffer.from((await getZstd()).decompress(new Uint8Array(buf)));
+		parentPort.postMessage({id, data}, [data.buffer]);
+	} catch (e) {
+		parentPort.postMessage({id, error: e.message});
+	}
+});

src/decompress.js

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+'use strict';
+
+import {Worker} from 'node:worker_threads';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+/** Round-robin pool of worker threads for off-main-thread cluster decompression. */
+class DecompressPool {
+	#workers = [];
+	#next = 0;
+	#pending = new Map(); // id -> {resolve, reject}
+	#nextId = 0;
+	#active = 0;
+
+	constructor(size = Math.max(1, os.cpus().length - 1)) {
+		for (let i = 0; i < size; i++) this.#spawn();
+	}
+
+	#spawn() {
+		const worker = new Worker(path.join(__dirname, 'decompress-worker.js'));
+		worker.on('message', ({id, data, error}) => {
+			const task = this.#pending.get(id);
+			if (!task) return;
+			this.#pending.delete(id);
+			// No work left in flight -> safe to let the process exit again.
+			if (--this.#active === 0) for (const w of this.#workers) w.unref();
+			error ? task.reject(new Error(error)) : task.resolve(Buffer.from(data));
+		});
+		worker.unref(); // idle workers must never keep a short script/server alive
+		this.#workers.push(worker);
+	}
+
+	/** Decompresses `{compType, body}` on the next worker in rotation. `body` must be a Uint8Array/Buffer view. */
+	run({compType, body}) {
+		const worker = this.#workers[this.#next];
+		this.#next = (this.#next + 1) % this.#workers.length;
+		const id = this.#nextId++;
+		const owned = new Uint8Array(body);
+		if (this.#active++ === 0) for (const w of this.#workers) w.ref();
+		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+			this.#pending.set(id, {resolve, reject});
+			worker.postMessage({id, compType, body: owned}, [owned.buffer]);
+		});
+	}
+}
+
+export const decompressPool = new DecompressPool();

src/manager.js

@@ -4,16 +4,24 @@ import {pipeline} from 'node:stream/promises';
 import {Readable} from 'node:stream';
 import {ZimReader} from './reader.js';
 import {zimCatalog, zimCatalogInfo, CATALOG_URL} from './catalog.js';
-import {fuzzyMatch, titleFromUrl} from './utils.js';
+
+const DEFAULT_READER_TTL = 60_000;
 
 /** Manages a local directory of ZIM archives: listing, update checks, downloads, and reading. */
 export class ZimManager {
 	#catalog;
 	#dir;
+	#readerTTL;
+	#clusterTTL;
+	#readers = new Map(); // file -> {reader, timer}
+	#opening = new Map(); // file -> Promise<ZimReader>, dedupes concurrent first-open races
 
-	constructor(dir, catalog = CATALOG_URL) {
+	/** @param {{catalog?: string, readerTTL?: number, clusterTTL?: number}} [opts] */
+	constructor(dir, catalog = CATALOG_URL, {readerTTL = DEFAULT_READER_TTL, clusterTTL} = {}) {
 		this.#catalog = catalog;
 		this.#dir = dir;
+		this.#readerTTL = readerTTL;
+		this.#clusterTTL = clusterTTL; // undefined -> ZimReader's own default
 	}
 
 	async #download(url, destPath) {
@@ -58,13 +66,13 @@ export class ZimManager {
 		const localDate = localMatch?.meta?.updated ?? null;
 		if (!force && localMatch && remoteDate && localDate && remoteDate <= localDate)
 			return {name, status: 'skipped', reason: 'up to date'};
-		if (!catalogEntry.href) return {name, status: 'skipped', reason: 'missing download link'};
+		if (!catalogEntry.download) return {name, status: 'skipped', reason: 'missing download link'};
 
-		const filename = path.basename(new URL(catalogEntry.href).pathname).replace(/\.meta4$/i, '');
+		const filename = path.basename(new URL(catalogEntry.download).pathname).replace(/\.meta4$/i, '');
 		const destPath = path.join(this.#dir, filename);
-		await this.#download(catalogEntry.href, destPath);
+		await this.#download(catalogEntry.download, destPath);
-		if (localMatch && localMatch.file !== destPath) await new ZimReader(localMatch.file).delete().catch(() => {});
+		if (localMatch && localMatch.file !== filename) await this.#evict(path.join(this.#dir, localMatch.file));
-		return {name, status: 'updated', file: destPath};
+		return {name, status: 'updated', file: filename};
 	}
 
 	/** Resolves a file path or catalog `name` to a local file path. */
@@ -75,7 +83,16 @@ export class ZimManager {
 		const local = await this.list();
 		const match = local.find(l => l.meta?.name === fileOrName || path.basename(l.file) === fileOrName);
 		if (!match) throw new Error(`ZIM not found locally: ${fileOrName}`);
-		return match.file;
+		return path.join(this.#dir, match.file);
+	}
+
+	/** Closes and drops a cached reader for `file`, if any (used before delete/replace). */
+	async #evict(file) {
+		const entry = this.#readers.get(file);
+		if (!entry) return new ZimReader(file).delete().catch(() => {});
+		clearTimeout(entry.timer);
+		this.#readers.delete(file);
+		await entry.reader.delete();
 	}
 
 	catalog(search, opts) {
@@ -84,8 +101,8 @@ export class ZimManager {
 
 	async delete(fileOrName) {
 		const file = await this.#resolveFile(fileOrName);
-		await new ZimReader(file).delete();
+		await this.#evict(file);
-		return {file, status: 'deleted'};
+		return {file: path.basename(file), status: 'deleted'};
 	}
 
 	/** Checks whether a local ZIM has a newer version in the catalog, without downloading. */
@@ -105,7 +122,7 @@ export class ZimManager {
 		const files = (await fs.promises.readdir(this.#dir)).filter(f => f.endsWith('.zim'));
 		return Promise.all(files.map(async f => {
 			const file = path.join(this.#dir, f);
-			return {file, meta: await this.#readMeta(file)};
+			return {file: f, ...(await this.#readMeta(file))};
 		}));
 	}
 
@@ -118,7 +135,7 @@ export class ZimManager {
 
 		const local = await this.list();
 		const localMatch = local.find(l => l.meta?.name === name) ?? null;
-		const catalogEntry = await zimCatalogInfo(name, this.#catalog) || {name, updated: null, href};
+		const catalogEntry = await zimCatalogInfo(name, this.#catalog) || {name, updated: null, download: href};
 		return this.#update(name, catalogEntry, localMatch, force);
 	}
 
@@ -141,11 +158,32 @@ export class ZimManager {
 		return results;
 	}
 
-	/** Opens a `ZimReader` for a local ZIM, resolved by file path or catalog `name`. Caller must `.close()` it. */
+	/** Opens a fresh `ZimReader` for a local ZIM, resolved by file path or catalog `name`. Caller must `.close()` it. */
 	async open(fileOrName) {
 		await this.#ensureDir();
 		const file = await this.#resolveFile(fileOrName);
-		return new ZimReader(file).open();
+		let entry = this.#readers.get(file);
+		if (!entry) {
+			let pending = this.#opening.get(file);
+			if (!pending) {
+				pending = new ZimReader(file, {clusterTTL: this.#clusterTTL}).open();
+				this.#opening.set(file, pending);
+			}
+			let reader;
+			try {
+				reader = await pending;
+			} finally {
+				this.#opening.delete(file);
+			}
+			entry = this.#readers.get(file) ?? {reader};
+			this.#readers.set(file, entry);
+		}
+		clearTimeout(entry.timer);
+		entry.timer = setTimeout(() => {
+			this.#readers.delete(file);
+			entry.reader.close();
+		}, this.#readerTTL).unref();
+		return entry.reader;
 	}
 
 	/** Fuzzy-searches titles across every local ZIM in the library, merging & re-ranking hits by score. */
@@ -154,9 +192,9 @@ export class ZimManager {
 		const perZim = await Promise.all(local.map(async ({file, meta}) => {
 			let reader;
 			try {
-				reader = await new ZimReader(file).open();
+				reader = await new ZimReader(path.join(this.#dir, file)).open();
 				const hits = await reader.search(terms, {limit, htmlOnly});
-				return hits.map(h => ({...h, file, name: meta?.name}));
+				return hits.map(h => ({...h, file}));
 			} catch {
 				return [];
 			} finally {

src/reader.js

@@ -1,32 +1,16 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import fs from 'node:fs';
-import path from 'node:path';
+import {decompressPool} from './decompress.js';
-import {decompress as lzmaDecompress} from 'lzma1';
+import {fuzzyMatch, titleFromUrl, kiwixSearch} from './utils.js';
-import {ZstdCodec} from 'zstd-codec';
-import {fuzzyMatch, titleFromUrl} from './utils.js';
 
-const INDEX_VERSION = 1;
 const HEADER_SIZE = 80;
 const NS_CONTENT = 'C';
 const NS_METADATA = 'M';
 const TITLE_SENTINEL = 0xffffffffffffffffn; // Indicator -> ZIM v6+ archives with no title
 
-let zstdStreamingPromise = null;
+const DEFAULT_CLUSTER_CACHE_MAX = 32;
-
+const DEFAULT_CLUSTER_TTL = 60_000;
-/** Lazily initialised, shared Zstd streaming decompressor (handles unknown-size frames). */
-function getZstd() {
-	if (!zstdStreamingPromise) {
-		zstdStreamingPromise = new Promise(resolve => ZstdCodec.run(zstd => resolve(new zstd.Streaming())));
-	}
-	return zstdStreamingPromise;
-}
-
-/** Rebuilds a full 13-byte "alone" LZMA header from libzim's truncated 5-byte one (unknown size). */
-function toLzmaAloneStream(body) {
-	const header = Buffer.concat([body.subarray(0, 5), Buffer.alloc(8, 0xff)]);
-	return Buffer.concat([header, body.subarray(5)]);
-}
 
 /** Native, dependency-light reader for .zim archives. Supports zstd & LZMA cluster compression. */
 export class ZimReader {
@@ -34,21 +18,19 @@ export class ZimReader {
 	#header = null;
 	#mimeTypes = [];
 	#hasTitleListing = false;
-	#index;
+	#clusterCache = new Map(); // clusterNumber -> {data, extended, timer}
+	#pending = new Map();      // clusterNumber -> Promise, dedupes concurrent misses
+	#clusterCacheMax;
+	#clusterTTL;
 
 	get articleCount() { return this.#header?.articleCount ?? 0; }
+	get mediaCount() { return this.#header?.clusterCount ?? 0; }
 
-	constructor(path) {
+	/** @param {{clusterCacheMax?: number, clusterTTL?: number}} [opts] clusterTTL in ms; 0/null disables idle eviction. */
+	constructor(path, {clusterCacheMax = DEFAULT_CLUSTER_CACHE_MAX, clusterTTL = DEFAULT_CLUSTER_TTL} = {}) {
 		this.path = path;
-	}
+		this.#clusterCacheMax = clusterCacheMax;
-
+		this.#clusterTTL = clusterTTL;
-	/** Full O(n) scan over the URL pointer list, used when there's no title index. */
-	async #allDirents() {
-		const dirents = [];
-		for (let i = 0; i < this.#header.articleCount; i++) {
-			dirents.push(await this.#readDirent(await this.#ptr64(this.#header.urlPtrPos, i)));
-		}
-		return dirents;
 	}
 
 	/** Binary search the URL pointer list for namespace+url. */
@@ -66,7 +48,31 @@ export class ZimReader {
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	async #getBlob(clusterNumber, blobNumber) {
+	/** Binary search the title index for an exact title match. */
+	async #findByTitle(title) {
+		if (!this.#hasTitleListing) return null;
+		const q = title.toLowerCase();
+		let lo = 0, hi = this.#header.articleCount - 1;
+		while (lo <= hi) {
+			const mid = (lo + hi) >> 1;
+			const urlIdx = (await this.#read(this.#header.titlePtrPos + mid * 4, 4)).readUInt32LE(0);
+			const dirent = await this.#readDirent(await this.#ptr64(this.#header.urlPtrPos, urlIdx));
+			const t = dirent.title.toLowerCase();
+			if (t === q) return dirent;
+			if (t < q) lo = mid + 1; else hi = mid - 1;
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/** Resets a cluster's idle-eviction timer. No-op when TTL disabled. */
+	#touch(clusterNumber, entry) {
+		if (!this.#clusterTTL) return;
+		clearTimeout(entry.timer);
+		entry.timer = setTimeout(() => this.#clusterCache.delete(clusterNumber), this.#clusterTTL).unref();
+	}
+
+	/** Fetches + decompresses a cluster exactly once, offloading decompression to the worker pool. */
+	async #loadCluster(clusterNumber) {
 		const start = await this.#ptr64(this.#header.clusterPtrPos, clusterNumber);
 		const isLast = clusterNumber === this.#header.clusterCount - 1;
 		const end = isLast
@@ -79,14 +85,35 @@ export class ZimReader {
 		const body = raw.subarray(1);
 
 		let data;
-		if (compType <= 1) data = body;
+		if (compType <= 1) data = Buffer.from(body);
-		else if (compType === 4) data = Buffer.from(lzmaDecompress(toLzmaAloneStream(body)));
+		else if (compType === 4 || compType === 5) data = await decompressPool.run({compType, body});
-		else if (compType === 5) data = Buffer.from((await getZstd()).decompress(new Uint8Array(body)));
 		else throw new Error(`Unsupported cluster compression type: ${compType}`);
 		if (!data) throw new Error(`Cluster ${clusterNumber} failed to decompress (compType ${compType})`);
 
-		const readPtr = i => extended ? Number(data.readBigUInt64LE(i * 8)) : data.readUInt32LE(i * 4);
+		return {data, extended};
-		return data.subarray(readPtr(blobNumber), readPtr(blobNumber + 1));
+	}
+
+	async #getBlob(clusterNumber, blobNumber) {
+		let entry = this.#clusterCache.get(clusterNumber);
+		if (!entry) {
+			let pending = this.#pending.get(clusterNumber);
+			if (!pending) {
+				pending = this.#loadCluster(clusterNumber);
+				this.#pending.set(clusterNumber, pending);
+			}
+			entry = await pending;
+			this.#pending.delete(clusterNumber);
+			this.#clusterCache.set(clusterNumber, entry);
+			if (this.#clusterCache.size > this.#clusterCacheMax) {
+				const oldestKey = this.#clusterCache.keys().next().value;
+				clearTimeout(this.#clusterCache.get(oldestKey)?.timer);
+				this.#clusterCache.delete(oldestKey);
+			}
+		}
+		this.#touch(clusterNumber, entry);
+
+		const readPtr = i => entry.extended ? Number(entry.data.readBigUInt64LE(i * 8)) : entry.data.readUInt32LE(i * 4);
+		return entry.data.subarray(readPtr(blobNumber), readPtr(blobNumber + 1));
 	}
 
 	async #icon(size = 48) {
@@ -162,79 +189,18 @@ export class ZimReader {
 		return this.#readDirent(await this.#ptr64(this.#header.urlPtrPos, dirent.redirectIndex));
 	}
 
-	/** Narrows to dirents near the term's alphabetical position in the title index. */
-	async #titleIndexCandidates(term) {
-		const q = term.toLowerCase();
-		let lo = 0, hi = this.#header.articleCount - 1;
-		while (lo < hi) {
-			const mid = (lo + hi) >> 1;
-			const urlIdx = (await this.#read(this.#header.titlePtrPos + mid * 4, 4)).readUInt32LE(0);
-			const dirent = await this.#readDirent(await this.#ptr64(this.#header.urlPtrPos, urlIdx));
-			if (dirent.title.toLowerCase() < q) lo = mid + 1; else hi = mid;
-		}
-		// Widen around the prefix match since fuzzy scoring isn't purely alphabetical.
-		const start = Math.max(0, lo - 50), end = Math.min(this.#header.articleCount, lo + 200);
-		const dirents = [];
-		for (let i = start; i < end; i++) {
-			const urlIdx = (await this.#read(this.#header.titlePtrPos + i * 4, 4)).readUInt32LE(0);
-			dirents.push(await this.#readDirent(await this.#ptr64(this.#header.urlPtrPos, urlIdx)));
-		}
-		return dirents;
-	}
-
-	/** Path of the cached word index, kept in an `index/` subdirectory next to the archive. */
-	#indexPath() {
-		return path.join(path.dirname(this.path), 'index', `${path.basename(this.path)}.idx.json`);
-	}
-
-	/** Builds (or loads a cached) word -> entry index, avoiding a re-scan on every search. */
-	async #wordIndex() {
-		if (this.#index) return this.#index;
-		const cachePath = this.#indexPath();
-		const stat = await fs.promises.stat(this.path);
-
-		if (fs.existsSync(cachePath)) {
-			try {
-				const cached = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(cachePath, 'utf8'));
-				// Rebuild if stale: index predates the archive's current mtime (e.g. a re-download).
-				if (cached.version === INDEX_VERSION && cached.mtimeMs >= stat.mtimeMs) {
-					return (this.#index = cached);
-				}
-			} catch {}
-		}
-
-		// Expensive full scan — only happens once per archive (or after it changes).
-		const dirents = await this.#allDirents();
-		const entries = [];
-		const words = new Map(); // word -> [entryIndex, ...]
-		for (const d of dirents) {
-			if (d.namespace !== NS_CONTENT) continue;
-			const idx = entries.length;
-			entries.push({url: d.url, title: d.title, mimetype: d.mimetype});
-			const text = `${d.title} ${titleFromUrl(d.url)}`.toLowerCase();
-			for (const w of text.split(/\W+/).filter(Boolean)) {
-				if (!words.has(w)) words.set(w, []);
-				words.get(w).push(idx);
-			}
-		}
-
-		const index = {version: INDEX_VERSION, size: stat.size, mtimeMs: stat.mtimeMs, entries, words: Object.fromEntries(words)};
-		await fs.promises.mkdir(path.dirname(cachePath), {recursive: true});
-		await fs.promises.writeFile(cachePath, JSON.stringify(index));
-		return (this.#index = index);
-	}
-
 	async close() {
 		if (this.#fd) await this.#fd.close();
 		this.#fd = null;
+		for (const entry of this.#clusterCache.values()) clearTimeout(entry.timer);
+		this.#clusterCache.clear();
+		this.#pending.clear();
 	}
 
-	/** Deletes the zim archive and its cached index (if any). Safe to call on unopened readers. */
+	/** Deletes the zim archive. Safe to call on unopened readers. */
 	async delete() {
 		await this.close();
-		this.#index = null;
 		await fs.promises.rm(this.path, {force: true});
-		await fs.promises.rm(this.#indexPath(), {force: true});
 	}
 
 	/** Reads an 'M' namespace metadata value (e.g. Name, Date, Title). Returns null if missing. */
@@ -249,7 +215,6 @@ export class ZimReader {
 			['Title', 'Creator', 'Publisher', 'Date', 'Description', 'Language', 'Name', 'Tags'].map(get)
 		);
 		return {
-			id: name,
 			title,
 			updated: date ? new Date(date) : null,
 			summary: description,
@@ -257,12 +222,11 @@ export class ZimReader {
 			name,
 			category: tags ? tags.split(';')[0] || '' : '',
 			tags: tags ? tags.split(';') : [],
-			mediaCount: 0,
 			author: creator,
 			publisher,
 			articleCount: this.articleCount,
-			sizeMb: ((await fs.promises.stat(this.path)).size / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1),
+			mediaCount: this.mediaCount,
-			href: null,
+			sizeMb: +((await fs.promises.stat(this.path)).size / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1),
 			icon: await this.#icon(),
 		};
 	}
@@ -270,8 +234,14 @@ export class ZimReader {
 	/** Opens the archive and parses its header + mimetype list. */
 	async open() {
 		this.#fd = await fs.promises.open(this.path, 'r');
-		await this.#readHeader();
+		try {
-		await this.#readMimeTypes();
+			await this.#readHeader();
+			await this.#readMimeTypes();
+		} catch (e) {
+			await this.#fd.close();
+			this.#fd = null;
+			throw e;
+		}
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -295,27 +265,15 @@ export class ZimReader {
 
 	/**
 	 * Fuzzy-ranked title search. Accepts comma-separated `terms` the same way the
-	 * catalog search does. Uses the sorted title index when present (binary search
+	 * catalog search does. Uses kiwix-search's embedded fulltext index as a prefilter
-	 * narrows the candidate window); falls back to a full linear scan otherwise
+	 * to narrow candidates before fuzzy scoring.
-	 * (common on ZIM v6+/zimit-generated archives with no title index).
 	 */
 	async search(terms, {limit = 20, htmlOnly = true} = {}) {
 		const termList = String(terms).split(',').map(t => t.trim()).filter(Boolean);
 		if (!termList.length) return [];
 
-		let candidates;
+		const titles = await kiwixSearch(this.path, termList.join(' '));
-		if (this.#hasTitleListing && this.#header.articleCount > 5000) {
+		const candidates = (await Promise.all(titles.map(t => this.#findByTitle(t)))).filter(Boolean);
-			candidates = await this.#titleIndexCandidates(termList[0]);
-		} else {
-			const {entries, words} = await this.#wordIndex();
-			// Pull candidates from postings of any word that starts with (or contains) the search term.
-			const q = termList[0].toLowerCase();
-			const idxSet = new Set();
-			for (const [word, postings] of Object.entries(words)) {
-				if (word.includes(q) || q.includes(word)) postings.forEach(i => idxSet.add(i));
-			}
-			candidates = [...idxSet].map(i => ({...entries[i], namespace: NS_CONTENT}));
-		}
 
 		const scored = [];
 		for (const dirent of candidates) {
@@ -325,7 +283,7 @@ export class ZimReader {
 			const urlScore = fuzzyMatch(urlTitle, ...termList).max;
 			scored.push({url: dirent.url, title: dirent.title.length > urlTitle.length ? dirent.title : urlTitle, namespace: NS_CONTENT, score: Math.max(titleScore, urlScore)});
 		}
-		const {id, summary, mediaCount, articleCount, sizeMb, href, ...meta} = await this.metadata();
+		const {summary, mediaCount, articleCount, sizeMb, ...meta} = await this.metadata();
 		return scored.filter(a => a.score > 0).toSorted((a, b) => b.score - a.score).slice(0, limit).map(a => ({...meta, ...a}));
 	}
 }

src/utils.js

@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+import {execFile} from 'node:child_process';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+import {promisify} from 'node:util';
+
+/**
+ * Search a ZIM file's fulltext index.
+ * @param {string} zimPath - Path to the .zim file
+ * @param {string} pattern - Search terms
+ * @param {object} [opts]
+ * @param {boolean} [opts.suggestion] - Suggest titles from partial pattern (completion-style)
+ * @param {boolean} [opts.spelling] - Suggest spelling-corrected titles
+ * @returns {Promise<string[]>} Matching article/tag titles
+ */
+export async function kiwixSearch(zimPath, pattern, opts = {}) {
+	const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+	const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+	const BIN_NAME = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'kiwix-search.exe' : 'kiwix-search';
+	const BIN_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'bin', BIN_NAME);
+
+	const args = [];
+	if (opts.suggestion) args.push('-s');
+	if (opts.spelling) args.push('--spelling');
+	args.push(zimPath, pattern);
+
+	const {stdout} = await execFileAsync(BIN_PATH, args);
+	return stdout.split('\n').map(line => line.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+}
+
 export function levenshtein(a, b) {
 	const m = a.length, n = b.length;
 	if (!m) return n;