Use words, phrases, wildcards, and modifiers together to narrow search results.
| What | Type This | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Any word | raffle stream |
Finds items containing both words. |
| Exact phrase | "art stream" |
Keep spaces together with quotes. |
| Wildcards | pony* or p?ny |
* matches many characters. ? matches one character. |
| Exclude text | -draft |
Hides results containing that word in the searched fields. |
| Either word | ~cat ~dog |
Finds results containing either word. Combine with normal words to require both groups. |
| Grouped either/or | ( ~cat ~tiger ) ( ~dog ~wolf ) |
Finds one word from each group. Put spaces after ( and before ). |
| Modifier | Aliases | Example |
|---|---|---|
type: |
in: |
type:event, type:gallery,stories |
from_user: |
from:, author:, user:, by: |
from_user:alice |
tag: |
tags: |
tag:raffle, tag:blue,prizes |
-tag: |
-tag:draft excludes matching tags on taggable content. |
|
board: |
board:announcements |
|
group: |
group:artists |
|
rating: |
content_rating: |
rating:s, rating:q,e |
-rating: |
-rating:e excludes explicit-rated content where ratings exist. |
|
type: |
filetype:, ext: |
type:jpg, filetype:webm, ext:swf |
media: |
media_type:, format: |
media:video, media:image, media:flash |
visibility: |
visibility:public, visibility:unlisted |
|
created_at: |
created:, date:, posted:, posted_at: |
created_at:2026-01-01..2026-02-01 |
updated_at: |
updated: |
updated_at:>=2026-05-01 |
starts_at: |
starts:, start: |
starts_at:<2026-06-01 |
before: |
before:2026-06-01 |
|
after: |
after:2026-01-01 |
|
order: |
sort: |
order:score, order:newest, order:random |
limit: |
limit:10 |
These filters work on result types that have the matching local data. Unsupported positive filters hide unsupported result types.
| Filter | Example | Works Best On |
|---|---|---|
id: |
id:100, id:100,121 |
Any result type |
width:, height: |
width:>=1000, height:500..900 |
Gallery media and games |
filesize: |
filesize:200kb..2mb |
Gallery media |
duration: |
duration:<120 |
Video and audio gallery media |
source: |
source:*artist.example*, source:none |
Gallery source links and game source labels |
description: |
description:"hello there" |
Content with description/body fields |
views: |
views:>=100 |
Blogs, gallery, and stories |
score: |
score:25..50 |
Gallery and games popularity score |
favcount: |
favcount:>10 |
Bookmark counts on gallery and games |
comment_count: |
comment_count:<=5 |
Blogs, gallery, games, and stories |
inpool:, pool_count: |
inpool:true, pool_count:>0 |
Gallery, albums, games, and stories |
hasdescription:, hassource: |
hasdescription:false, hassource:true |
Content with description or source fields |
all, users, groups, blogs,
posts, events, games, gallery, albums,
pools, stories, collections,
comments, tags
| Syntax | Example |
|---|---|
| Exact date | created_at:2026-05-19 |
| Range | created_at:2026-01-01..2026-02-01 |
| Before or after | created_at:<2026-05-01 or created_at:>=2026-05-01 |
Example: art stream type:event from_user:alice tag:raffle starts_at:>=2026-05-01
Gallery example: ~raffle ~prize type:jpg width:>=600 source:*artist.example* -rating:e order:score limit:10