I while ago I found a drupal module that could index attachments made to posts. So you could search for them using the built-in Drupal engine, however, it's not well maintained and lacks features.

I've decided to branch the module, and work on my own code, make it much more user friendly and usable. Features I plan to add are:

  • Preview of search attachements when searching, and noting that the result is in an attachment.
  • Much more friendly adding of external programs to index attachments.