Stack Exchange in offline mode using Stack Exchange Data Dump.

It is massively based upon Solr-Jetty-Maven for the Solr instance, and Stackdump for the Python front-end and indexing.

You should have the following installed and ready to use:

• Java JDK (>= 1.7)
• Maven (>= 3.2.0)
• Python (>= 2.5)
  • Packages: python-virtualenv python-pip python-dev
  • Python packages: see requirements.txt

To start a virtualenv with dependencies, use the following:

virtualenv ~/.virtualenv/offstack
source ~/.virtualenv/offstack/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

You need to download Stack Exchange Data Dump. I recommend using the provided torrent file.

To start Solr embedded in Jetty, simply use:

# Running start_solr.sh
./start_solr.sh

# Run Maven command directly
mvn install jetty:run

To index the desired website, you have two options:

Run import_all.sh script:

./import_all.sh <Path to Stack Exchange Data Dump>

Run a single import:

./manage.sh import_site <Path to XML files>

Once data are indexed, the only thing to do is starting the Python front-end with start_web.sh script.