# Making files Searchable **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [May 23, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/making-files-searchable/454 "2017-05-23T00:21:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flyingzumwalt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/flyingzumwalt/32/12_2.png) [@flyingzumwalt](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/flyingzumwalt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/making-files-searchable/454/1 "2017-05-23T00:21:18Z")
_From @coakeson on Sat Dec 12 2015 16:38:52 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ Any plans on making files searchable? _Copied from original issue: [Making files Searchable · Issue #81 · ipfs-inactive/faq · GitHub](https://github.com/ipfs/faq/issues/81)_ ---
**Author:** ![flyingzumwalt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/flyingzumwalt/32/12_2.png) [@flyingzumwalt](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/flyingzumwalt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/making-files-searchable/454/2 "2017-05-23T00:21:36Z")
_From @alexpear on Sun Dec 13 2015 01:55:49 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ There are plans to make files globally addressible via IPNS, Namecoin, or other systems, but that’s not quite the same thing. I know some other projects such as alexandria.media are making searchable databases that use IPFS on the backend. Others might know more than i do. ---
**Author:** ![flyingzumwalt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/flyingzumwalt/32/12_2.png) [@flyingzumwalt](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/flyingzumwalt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/making-files-searchable/454/3 "2017-05-23T00:21:45Z")
_From @alexpear on Sun Dec 13 2015 02:00:53 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ one of presumably many threads about this topic: [https://github.com/ipfs/archives/issues/8](https://github.com/ipfs/archives/issues/8)