History: Manticore Buddy

             "Manticore Buddy is a PHP-based sidecar and Manticore Search companion that makes development faster and more efficient. In a world where C++ development can be slow, Manticore Buddy empowers developers to swiftly create and deploy features."

We expect to leverage this for Tiki. Please share your potential use cases!

{QUOTE(replyto="Sergey Nikolaev" source_url="https://forum.manticoresearch.com/t/buddy-how-to-disable-or-not-install/1392/")}Manticore Buddy is going to be a vital part of Manticore Search. If there’s any problem with it - we want to fix it, not remove it. 
{QUOTE}

Manticore Buddy is required for sharding:

- https://github.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/blob/d6e65c93f2e4575f2168d42a46bc3162f7e9ba4b/manual/Creating_a_table/Creating_a_sharded_table/Creating_a_sharded_table.md
- https://github.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/blob/d6e65c93f2e4575f2168d42a46bc3162f7e9ba4b/manual/Creating_a_table/Creating_a_sharded_table/Table_sharding_current_limitations.md

## Related links

- https://manticoresearch.com/blog/manticoresearch-buddy-intro/
- https://manticoresearch.com/blog/manticoresearch-buddy-challenges-and-solutions/
- https://manticoresearch.com/blog/manticoresearch-buddy-pluggable-design/
- Buddy packages listed at: https://packagist.org/packages/manticoresoftware/