# Ansible documentation search function **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [August 23, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-documentation-search-function/22361 "2016-08-23T14:06:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheUnicornXXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@TheUnicornXXL](https://forum.ansible.com/u/TheUnicornXXL)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-documentation-search-function/22361/1 "2016-08-23T14:06:05Z")
Hi, does anybody know where search function on the ansible doc homepage is? Probably I'm blind, but I doesn't find this function. Stefan ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-documentation-search-function/22361/2 "2016-08-23T20:39:16Z")
Your not blind, I also miss this feature. That's why I build my one copy of the documentation. Another way is to use site:docs.ansible.com on a search engine. ---
**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-documentation-search-function/22361/3 "2016-08-23T20:47:25Z")
There is search built into the docs page. Go to [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/index.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/index.html) In the bottom right hand corner of your browser there should be a black box that says “Search this site” Clicking that box will produce a javascript modal with a search box and search results. ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-documentation-search-function/22361/4 "2016-08-23T21:21:17Z")
Thanks Matt, I don't see it, but I now why now. I use the add-on NoScript in Firefox, and have it to disable all 3rd party javascript. Enabled the javascript and tested the search, but I like the built in Sphinx search more, so I'll keep building my own documentation. ---
**Author:** ![Marcus\_Franke1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@Marcus\_Franke1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marcus_Franke1)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-documentation-search-function/22361/5 "2016-08-24T09:09:14Z")
For Mac users there is the great dash tool for offline reading: [https://kapeli.com/dash](https://kapeli.com/dash) For Linux users there is Zeal, which is a reimplementation that uses the dash docsets: [http://zealdocs.org/](http://zealdocs.org/) Dash and Zeal download the docsets for offline usage to your local computer. Dash even can work with multiple versions of a docset. Sadly Zeal isn't as sophisticated as Dash but still a very usefull tool. Marcus ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-documentation-search-function/22361/6 "2016-08-24T14:05:11Z")
You also have `ansible-doc` which will give you module documentation w/o the need to download anything. ---
**Author:** ![TheUnicornXXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@TheUnicornXXL](https://forum.ansible.com/u/TheUnicornXXL)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-documentation-search-function/22361/7 "2016-08-24T16:31:08Z")
Hi Matt, thx. I'm really blind.... Regards Stefan