Ask HN: What's the best way to handle full-text search with MongoDB?

We're using ElasticSearch [1] and finding it really nice to work with.<p>It's basically Lucene with a nice JSON/RESTful interface and distributed out of the box.<p>Unlike most other Lucene based systems that I've played with it allows you to get started without having to define your schema upfront, so you can just chuck data at it and worry about field types later.<p>It's under constant development and the community is really helpful.<p>[1] - <a href="http://www.elasticsearch.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.elasticsearch.com/</a>

Use SOLR for indexing your full text. (By all means store your data in Mongo, but when it comes time to search, search SOLR instead.)

Have you considered Riak+RiakSearch? I'm in a similar bind, and have been looking into that.

I'm using sphinx. Works a treat.