diff --git a/Blacklight/IRCScraper.php b/Blacklight/IRCScraper.php
index 08b334d11..6fc89df02 100755
--- a/Blacklight/IRCScraper.php
+++ b/Blacklight/IRCScraper.php
@@ -61,17 +61,17 @@ class IRCScraper extends IRCClient
      *
      * @var string|bool
      */
-    protected $_titleIgnoreRegex;
+    protected mixed $_titleIgnoreRegex;
 
     /**
-     * @var \Blacklight\SphinxSearch
+     * @var \Blacklight\ManticoreSearch
      */
-    protected $sphinxsearch;
+    protected manticoreSearch $manticoreSearch;
 
     /**
      * @var ElasticSearchSiteSearch
      */
-    private $elasticsearch;
+    private ElasticSearchSiteSearch $elasticsearch;
 
     /**
      * Construct.
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class IRCScraper extends IRCClient
         }
 
         $this->elasticsearch = new ElasticSearchSiteSearch();
-        $this->sphinxsearch = new SphinxSearch();
+        $this->manticoreSearch = new manticoreSearch();
 
         $this->_groupList = [];
         $this->_silent = $silent;
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class IRCScraper extends IRCClient
         if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
             $indexData = (new ElasticSearchSiteSearch())->predbIndexSearch($this->_curPre['title']);
         } else {
-            $indexData = $this->sphinxsearch->searchIndexes('predb_rt', $this->_curPre['title'], ['title']);
+            $indexData = $this->manticoreSearch->searchIndexes('predb_rt', $this->_curPre['title'], ['title']);
         }
         if (! empty($indexData) || empty($this->_curPre['title'])) {
             return;
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class IRCScraper extends IRCClient
         if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
             $this->elasticsearch->insertPreDb($parameters);
         } else {
-            $this->sphinxsearch->insertPredb($parameters);
+            $this->manticoreSearch->insertPredb($parameters);
         }
 
         $this->_doEcho(true);
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ class IRCScraper extends IRCClient
         if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
             $this->elasticsearch->updatePreDb($parameters);
         } else {
-            $this->sphinxsearch->updatePreDb($parameters);
+            $this->manticoreSearch->updatePreDb($parameters);
         }
 
         $this->_doEcho(false);
diff --git a/Blacklight/SphinxSearch.php b/Blacklight/ManticoreSearch.php
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 53%
rename from Blacklight/SphinxSearch.php
rename to Blacklight/ManticoreSearch.php
index 669511ae6..ed1238725
--- a/Blacklight/SphinxSearch.php
+++ b/Blacklight/ManticoreSearch.php
@@ -4,89 +4,61 @@ namespace Blacklight;
 
 use App\Models\Predb;
 use App\Models\Release;
-use Foolz\SphinxQL\Drivers\Pdo\Connection;
-use Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException;
-use Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException;
-use Foolz\SphinxQL\Helper;
-use Foolz\SphinxQL\SphinxQL;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Manticoresearch\Client;
+use Manticoresearch\Exceptions\ResponseException;
+use Manticoresearch\Exceptions\RuntimeException;
 
 /**
- * Class SphinxSearch.
+ * Class ManticoreSearch.
  */
-class SphinxSearch
+class ManticoreSearch
 {
-    public SphinxQL $sphinxQL;
-
-    protected Connection $connection;
-
     /**
      * @var \Illuminate\Config\Repository|mixed
      */
     protected mixed $config;
 
-    protected Helper $helper;
-
     /**
      * @var \Blacklight\ColorCLI
      */
     private ColorCLI $cli;
 
     /**
-     * Establish connection to SphinxQL.
-     *
-     * @throws \Exception
+     * Establishes a connection to ManticoreSearch HTTP port.
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $this->connection = new Connection();
         $this->config = config('sphinxsearch');
-        $this->connection->setParams(['host' => $this->config['host'], 'port' => $this->config['port']]);
-        $this->sphinxQL = new SphinxQL($this->connection);
-        $this->helper = new Helper($this->connection);
+        $this->connection = ['host' => $this->config['host'], 'port' => $this->config['port']];
+        $this->manticoresearch = new Client($this->connection);
         $this->cli = new ColorCLI();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Insert release into Sphinx RT table.
-     *
-     *
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
+     * Insert release into ManticoreSearch releases_rt realtime index
      */
     public function insertRelease(array $parameters): void
     {
         if ($parameters['id']) {
-            $this->sphinxQL
-                ->replace()
-                ->into($this->config['indexes']['releases'])
-                ->set(['id' => $parameters['id'], 'name' => $parameters['name'], 'searchname' => $parameters['searchname'], 'fromname' => $parameters['fromname'], 'categories_id' => (string) $parameters['categories_id'], 'filename' => empty($parameters['filename']) ? "''" : $parameters['filename']])
-                ->execute();
+            $this->manticoresearch->index($this->config['indexes']['releases'])
+                ->replaceDocument(['name' => $parameters['name'], 'searchname' => $parameters['searchname'], 'fromname' => $parameters['fromname'], 'categories_id' => (string) $parameters['categories_id'], 'filename' => empty($parameters['filename']) ? "''" : $parameters['filename']], $parameters['id']);
         }
     }
 
     /**
-     * Insert release into Sphinx RT table.
-     *
-     *
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
+     * Insert release into Manticore RT table.
      */
     public function insertPredb(array $parameters): void
     {
         if ($parameters['id']) {
-            $this->sphinxQL
-                ->replace()
-                ->into($this->config['indexes']['predb'])
-                ->set(['id' => $parameters['id'], 'title' => $parameters['title'], 'filename' => empty($parameters['filename']) ? "''" : $parameters['filename'], 'source' => $parameters['source']])
-                ->execute();
+            $this->manticoresearch->index($this->config['indexes']['predb'])
+                ->replaceDocument(['title' => $parameters['title'], 'filename' => empty($parameters['filename']) ? "''" : $parameters['filename'], 'source' => $parameters['source']], $parameters['id']);
         }
     }
 
     /**
-     * Delete release from Sphinx RT tables.
+     * Delete release from Manticore RT tables.
      *
      * @param  array  $identifiers  ['g' => Release GUID(mandatory), 'id' => ReleaseID(optional, pass false)]
      */
@@ -99,7 +71,7 @@ class SphinxSearch
             }
         }
         if ($identifiers['i'] !== false) {
-            $this->sphinxQL->delete()->from([$this->config['indexes']['releases']])->where('id', '=', $identifiers['i']);
+            $this->manticoresearch->index($this->config['indexes']['releases'])->deleteDocument($identifiers['i']);
         }
     }
 
@@ -118,7 +90,7 @@ class SphinxSearch
     }
 
     /**
-     * Update Sphinx Relases index for given releases_id.
+     * Update Manticore Relases index for given releases_id.
      *
      *
      * @throws \Exception
@@ -138,7 +110,7 @@ class SphinxSearch
     }
 
     /**
-     * Update Sphinx Predb index for given predb_id.
+     * Update Manticore Predb index for given predb_id.
      *
      *
      * @throws \Exception
@@ -150,11 +122,6 @@ class SphinxSearch
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
-     */
     public function truncateRTIndex(array $indexes = []): bool
     {
         if (empty($indexes)) {
@@ -164,8 +131,28 @@ class SphinxSearch
         }
         foreach ($indexes as $index) {
             if (\in_array($index, $this->config['indexes'], true)) {
-                $this->helper->truncateRtIndex($index)->execute();
-                $this->cli->info('Truncating index '.$index.' finished.');
+                try {
+                    $this->manticoresearch->index($index)->truncate();
+                    $this->cli->info('Truncating index '.$index.' finished.');
+                } catch (ResponseException $e) {
+                    if ($e->getMessage() === 'Invalid index') {
+                        if ($index === 'releases_rt') {
+                            $this->manticoresearch->index($index)->create([
+                                'name' => ['type' => 'string'],
+                                'searchname' => ['type' => 'string'],
+                                'fromname' => ['type' => 'string'],
+                                'filename' => ['type' => 'string'],
+                                'categories_id' => ['type' => 'integer'],
+                            ]);
+                        } elseif ($index === 'predb_rt') {
+                            $this->manticoresearch->index($index)->create([
+                                'title' => ['type' => 'string'],
+                                'filename' => ['type' => 'string'],
+                                'source' => ['type' => 'string'],
+                            ]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             } else {
                 $this->cli->error('Unsupported index: '.$index);
             }
@@ -180,8 +167,8 @@ class SphinxSearch
     public function optimizeRTIndex(): void
     {
         foreach ($this->config['indexes'] as $index) {
-            $this->helper->flushRtIndex($index)->execute();
-            $this->helper->optimizeIndex($index)->execute();
+            $this->manticoresearch->index($index)->flush();
+            $this->manticoresearch->index($index)->optimize();
         }
     }
 
@@ -189,29 +176,30 @@ class SphinxSearch
      * @param  string  $rt_index  (releases_rt or predb_rt)
      * @param  string  $searchString  (what are we looking for?)
      * @param  array  $column  (one or multiple columns from the columns that exist in indexes)
-     *
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
      */
-    public function searchIndexes(string $rt_index, string $searchString = '', array $column = [], array $searchArray = []): array
+    public function searchIndexes(string $rt_index, string $searchString = '', array $column = [], array $searchArray = []): mixed
     {
-        $query = $this->sphinxQL->select()->from($rt_index)->option('max_matches', 10000)->option('ranker', 'sph04')->option('sort_method', 'pq')->limit(0, 10000)->orderBy('id', 'desc');
+        $result = [];
+        $query = $this->manticoresearch->index($rt_index)->search($searchString)->maxMatches(10000)->option('ranker', 'sph04')->option('sort_method', 'pq')->limit(10000)->sort('id', 'desc');
         if (! empty($searchArray)) {
             foreach ($searchArray as $key => $value) {
-                $query->match($key, $value, true);
+                $query->match($value, $key);
             }
         } elseif (! empty($searchString)) {
-            $query->match($column, $searchString, true);
+            $query->match($searchString, $column);
         } else {
             return [];
         }
 
         try {
-            return $query->execute()->fetchAllAssoc() ?? [];
-        } catch (SphinxQLException $exception) {
+            $results = $query->get();
+            foreach ($results as $doc) {
+                $result[] = $doc->getId();
+            }
+            return $result;
+        } catch (ResponseException $exception) {
             return [];
-        } catch (DatabaseException $databaseException) {
+        } catch (RuntimeException $exception) {
             return [];
         }
     }
diff --git a/Blacklight/NameFixer.php b/Blacklight/NameFixer.php
index 0383b33d2..cee8e91f1 100755
--- a/Blacklight/NameFixer.php
+++ b/Blacklight/NameFixer.php
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ class NameFixer
     public Utility $text;
 
     /**
-     * @var \Blacklight\SphinxSearch
+     * @var \Blacklight\ManticoreSearch
      */
-    public mixed $sphinx;
+    public mixed $manticore;
 
     /**
      * @var \Blacklight\ColorCLI
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class NameFixer
             'Groups' => null,
             'Misc' => null,
             'Settings' => null,
-            'SphinxSearch' => null,
+            'ManticoreSearch' => null,
         ];
         $options += $defaults;
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class NameFixer
         $this->done = $this->matched = false;
         $this->consoletools = ($options['ConsoleTools'] instanceof ConsoleTools ? $options['ConsoleTools'] : new ConsoleTools());
         $this->category = ($options['Categorize'] instanceof Categorize ? $options['Categorize'] : new Categorize(['Settings' => null]));
-        $this->sphinx = ($options['SphinxSearch'] instanceof SphinxSearch ? $options['SphinxSearch'] : new SphinxSearch());
+        $this->manticore = ($options['ManticoreSearch'] instanceof ManticoreSearch ? $options['ManticoreSearch'] : new ManticoreSearch());
         $this->elasticsearch = new ElasticSearchSiteSearch();
     }
 
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ class NameFixer
                         if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                             $this->elasticsearch->updateRelease($release->releases_id);
                         } else {
-                            $this->sphinx->updateRelease($release->releases_id);
+                            $this->manticore->updateRelease($release->releases_id);
                         }
                     } else {
                         $release->update(
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ class NameFixer
                         if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                             $this->elasticsearch->updateRelease($release->_releases_id);
                         } else {
-                            $this->sphinx->updateRelease($release->releases_id);
+                            $this->manticore->updateRelease($release->releases_id);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -1090,17 +1090,13 @@ class NameFixer
         return $matching;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
-     */
+
     protected function _preFTsearchQuery($preTitle): string
     {
         $join = '';
 
         if (\strlen($preTitle) >= 15 && preg_match(self::PREDB_REGEX, $preTitle)) {
-            $titleMatch = $this->sphinx->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $preTitle, ['name', 'searchname', 'filename']);
+            $titleMatch = $this->manticore->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $preTitle, ['name', 'searchname', 'filename']);
             if (! empty($titleMatch)) {
                 $join = implode(',', Arr::pluck($titleMatch, 'id'));
             }
@@ -1195,7 +1191,7 @@ class NameFixer
                 if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                     $results = $this->elasticsearch->searchPreDb($preMatch[1]);
                 } else {
-                    $results = $this->sphinx->searchIndexes('predb_rt', $preMatch[1], ['filename', 'title']);
+                    $results = $this->manticore->searchIndexes('predb_rt', $preMatch[1], ['filename', 'title']);
                 }
                 if (! empty($results)) {
                     foreach ($results as $result) {
@@ -2244,7 +2240,7 @@ class NameFixer
                     }
                 }
             } else {
-                foreach ($this->sphinx->searchIndexes('predb_rt', $this->_fileName, ['filename', 'title']) as $hit) {
+                foreach ($this->manticore->searchIndexes('predb_rt', $this->_fileName, ['filename', 'title']) as $hit) {
                     if (! empty($hit)) {
                         $this->updateRelease($release, $hit['title'], 'PreDb: Filename match', $echo, $type, $nameStatus, $show, $hit['id']);
 
@@ -2276,7 +2272,7 @@ class NameFixer
                     }
                 }
             } else {
-                foreach ($this->sphinx->searchIndexes('predb_rt', $this->_fileName, ['title']) as $hit) {
+                foreach ($this->manticore->searchIndexes('predb_rt', $this->_fileName, ['title']) as $hit) {
                     if (! empty($hit)) {
                         $this->updateRelease($release, $hit['title'], 'PreDb: Title match', $echo, $type, $nameStatus, $show, $hit['id']);
 
diff --git a/Blacklight/Releases.php b/Blacklight/Releases.php
index f50ada469..3cc969eed 100644
--- a/Blacklight/Releases.php
+++ b/Blacklight/Releases.php
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ class Releases extends Release
     public const PASSWD_RAR = 1; // Definitely passworded.
 
     /**
-     * @var \Blacklight\SphinxSearch
+     * @var \Blacklight\ManticoreSearch
      */
-    public SphinxSearch $sphinxSearch;
+    public ManticoreSearch $manticoreSearch;
 
     public int $passwordStatus;
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Releases extends Release
     public function __construct()
     {
         parent::__construct();
-        $this->sphinxSearch = new SphinxSearch();
+        $this->manticoreSearch = new ManticoreSearch();
         $this->elasticSearch = new ElasticSearchSiteSearch();
     }
 
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class Releases extends Release
             }
         } else {
             // Delete from sphinx.
-            $this->sphinxSearch->deleteRelease($identifiers);
+            $this->manticoreSearch->deleteRelease($identifiers);
         }
 
         // Delete from DB.
@@ -439,9 +439,6 @@ class Releases extends Release
      *
      * @return array|Collection|mixed
      *
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
      */
     public function search(array $searchArr, $groupName, $sizeFrom, $sizeTo, $daysNew, $daysOld, int $offset = 0, int $limit = 1000, array|string $orderBy = '', int $maxAge = -1, array $excludedCats = [], string $type = 'basic', array $cat = [-1], int $minSize = 0, array $tags = []): mixed
     {
@@ -475,9 +472,8 @@ class Releases extends Release
         if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
             $searchResult = $this->elasticSearch->indexSearch($phrases, $limit);
         } else {
-            $results = $this->sphinxSearch->searchIndexes('releases_rt', '', [], $searchFields);
+            $searchResult = $this->manticoreSearch->searchIndexes('releases_rt', '', [], $searchFields);
 
-            $searchResult = Arr::pluck($results, 'id');
         }
 
         if (empty($searchResult)) {
@@ -561,9 +557,6 @@ class Releases extends Release
      *
      * @return Collection|mixed
      *
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
      */
     public function apiSearch($searchName, $groupName, int $offset = 0, int $limit = 1000, int $maxAge = -1, array $excludedCats = [], array $cat = [-1], int $minSize = 0, array $tags = []): mixed
     {
@@ -571,7 +564,7 @@ class Releases extends Release
             if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                 $searchResult = $this->elasticSearch->indexSearchApi($searchName, $limit);
             } else {
-                $searchResult = Arr::pluck($this->sphinxSearch->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $searchName, ['searchname']), 'id');
+                $searchResult = $this->manticoreSearch->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $searchName, ['searchname']);
             }
         }
 
@@ -644,9 +637,6 @@ class Releases extends Release
      *
      * @return array|\Illuminate\Cache\|\Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection|\Illuminate\Support\Collection|mixed
      *
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
      */
     public function tvSearch(array $siteIdArr = [], string $series = '', string $episode = '', string $airDate = '', int $offset = 0, int $limit = 100, string $name = '', array $cat = [-1], int $maxAge = -1, int $minSize = 0, array $excludedCategories = [], array $tags = []): mixed
     {
@@ -708,7 +698,7 @@ class Releases extends Release
             if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                 $searchResult = $this->elasticSearch->indexSearchTMA($name, $limit);
             } else {
-                $searchResult = Arr::pluck($this->sphinxSearch->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $name, ['searchname']), 'id');
+                $searchResult = $this->manticoreSearch->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $name, ['searchname']);
             }
 
             if (empty($searchResult)) {
@@ -782,9 +772,6 @@ class Releases extends Release
      *
      * @return Collection|mixed
      *
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
      */
     public function apiTvSearch(array $siteIdArr = [], string $series = '', string $episode = '', string $airDate = '', int $offset = 0, int $limit = 100, string $name = '', array $cat = [-1], int $maxAge = -1, int $minSize = 0, array $excludedCategories = [], array $tags = []): mixed
     {
@@ -846,7 +833,7 @@ class Releases extends Release
             if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                 $searchResult = $this->elasticSearch->indexSearchTMA($name, $limit);
             } else {
-                $searchResult = Arr::pluck($this->sphinxSearch->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $name, ['searchname']), 'id');
+                $searchResult = $this->manticoreSearch->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $name, ['searchname']);
             }
 
             if (empty($searchResult)) {
@@ -914,9 +901,6 @@ class Releases extends Release
      *
      * @return Collection|mixed
      *
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
      */
     public function animeSearch($aniDbID, int $offset = 0, int $limit = 100, string $name = '', array $cat = [-1], int $maxAge = -1, array $excludedCategories = []): mixed
     {
@@ -924,7 +908,7 @@ class Releases extends Release
             if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                 $searchResult = $this->elasticSearch->indexSearchTMA($name, $limit);
             } else {
-                $searchResult = Arr::pluck($this->sphinxSearch->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $name, ['searchname']), 'id');
+                $searchResult = $this->manticoreSearch->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $name, ['searchname']);
             }
 
             if (empty($searchResult)) {
@@ -987,9 +971,6 @@ class Releases extends Release
      *
      * @return Collection|mixed
      *
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
      */
     public function moviesSearch(int $imDbId = -1, int $tmDbId = -1, int $traktId = -1, int $offset = 0, int $limit = 100, string $name = '', array $cat = [-1], int $maxAge = -1, int $minSize = 0, array $excludedCategories = [], array $tags = []): mixed
     {
@@ -997,7 +978,7 @@ class Releases extends Release
             if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                 $searchResult = $this->elasticSearch->indexSearchTMA($name, $limit);
             } else {
-                $searchResult = Arr::pluck($this->sphinxSearch->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $name, ['searchname']), 'id');
+                $searchResult = $this->manticoreSearch->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $name, ['searchname']);
             }
 
             if (empty($searchResult)) {
@@ -1061,9 +1042,10 @@ class Releases extends Release
     }
 
     /**
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
+     * @param $currentID
+     * @param $name
+     * @param array $excludedCats
+     * @return bool|array
      */
     public function searchSimilar($currentID, $name, array $excludedCats = []): bool|array
     {
diff --git a/Blacklight/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php b/Blacklight/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php
index d8542e672..762a8dcb3 100755
--- a/Blacklight/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php
+++ b/Blacklight/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use Blacklight\NZB;
 use Blacklight\ReleaseExtra;
 use Blacklight\ReleaseImage;
 use Blacklight\Releases;
-use Blacklight\SphinxSearch;
+use Blacklight\ManticoreSearch;
 use Blacklight\utility\Utility;
 use dariusiii\rarinfo\ArchiveInfo;
 use dariusiii\rarinfo\Par2Info;
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class ProcessAdditional
      */
     protected bool $_reverse;
 
-    protected SphinxSearch $sphinx;
+    protected ManticoreSearch $manticore;
 
     private FFMpeg $ffmpeg;
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class ProcessAdditional
             'ReleaseExtra' => null,
             'ReleaseImage' => null,
             'Settings' => null,
-            'SphinxSearch' => null,
+            'ManticoreSearch' => null,
         ];
         $options += $defaults;
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class ProcessAdditional
         $this->_releaseImage = $options['ReleaseImage'] ?? new ReleaseImage();
         $this->_par2Info = new Par2Info();
         $this->_nfo = $options['Nfo'] ?? new Nfo();
-        $this->sphinx = $options['SphinxSearch'] ?? new SphinxSearch();
+        $this->manticore = $options['ManticoreSearch'] ?? new ManticoreSearch();
         $this->elasticsearch = new ElasticSearchSiteSearch();
         $this->ffmpeg = FFMpeg::create(['timeout' => Settings::settingValue('..timeoutseconds')]);
         $this->ffprobe = FFProbe::create();
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ class ProcessAdditional
             if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                 $this->elasticsearch->updateRelease($this->_release->id);
             } else {
-                $this->sphinx->updateRelease($this->_release->id);
+                $this->manticore->updateRelease($this->_release->id);
             }
         }
 
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ class ProcessAdditional
                                     if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                                         $this->elasticsearch->updateRelease($this->_release->id);
                                     } else {
-                                        $this->sphinx->updateRelease($this->_release->id);
+                                        $this->manticore->updateRelease($this->_release->id);
                                     }
 
                                     // Echo the changed name.
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/NntmuxResetDb.php b/app/Console/Commands/NntmuxResetDb.php
index 5db6de8d4..cdd482940 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/NntmuxResetDb.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/NntmuxResetDb.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Console\Commands;
 
 use App\Models\Settings;
 use App\Models\UsenetGroup;
-use Blacklight\SphinxSearch;
+use Blacklight\ManticoreSearch;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class NntmuxResetDb extends Command
 
                 $this->info('All done! ElasticSearch indexes are deleted and recreated.');
             } else {
-                (new SphinxSearch())->truncateRTIndex(['releases_rt', 'predb_rt']);
+                (new ManticoreSearch())->truncateRTIndex(['releases_rt', 'predb_rt']);
             }
 
             $this->info('Deleting nzbfiles subfolders.');
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV2Controller.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV2Controller.php
index 8676bb39c..5f8f706a2 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV2Controller.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV2Controller.php
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ class ApiV2Controller extends BasePageController
     }
 
     /**
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
+     * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
      * @throws \Throwable
      */
     public function movie(Request $request): JsonResponse
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/DetailsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/DetailsController.php
index f527976b7..2ab5a06c1 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/DetailsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/DetailsController.php
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ class DetailsController extends BasePageController
     /**
      * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse|void
      *
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
      * @throws \Exception
      */
     public function show(string $guid)
diff --git a/app/Models/Predb.php b/app/Models/Predb.php
index d8c6c8296..5da56dffb 100644
--- a/app/Models/Predb.php
+++ b/app/Models/Predb.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Models;
 use Blacklight\ColorCLI;
 use Blacklight\ConsoleTools;
 use Blacklight\ElasticSearchSiteSearch;
-use Blacklight\SphinxSearch;
+use Blacklight\ManticoreSearch;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ class Predb extends Model
     /**
      * Attempts to match PreDB titles to releases.
      *
-     * @param  string|int|bool  $dateLimit
+     * @param bool|int|string $dateLimit
      *
      * @throws \RuntimeException
      */
-    public static function checkPre($dateLimit = false): void
+    public static function checkPre(bool|int|string $dateLimit = false): void
     {
         $consoleTools = new ConsoleTools();
         $updated = 0;
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ class Predb extends Model
             if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                 $ids = (new ElasticSearchSiteSearch())->predbIndexSearch($search);
             } else {
-                $sphinx = new SphinxSearch();
-                $ids = Arr::pluck($sphinx->searchIndexes('predb_rt', $search, ['title']), 'id');
+                $manticore = new ManticoreSearch();
+                $ids = Arr::pluck($manticore->searchIndexes('predb_rt', $search, ['title']), 'id');
             }
             $sql->whereIn('predb.id', $ids);
         }
diff --git a/app/Models/Release.php b/app/Models/Release.php
index cc9c83bea..08a798283 100644
--- a/app/Models/Release.php
+++ b/app/Models/Release.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Models;
 
 use Blacklight\ElasticSearchSiteSearch;
 use Blacklight\NZB;
-use Blacklight\SphinxSearch;
+use Blacklight\ManticoreSearch;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class Release extends Model
         if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
             (new ElasticSearchSiteSearch())->insertRelease($parameters);
         } else {
-            (new SphinxSearch())->insertRelease($parameters);
+            (new ManticoreSearch())->insertRelease($parameters);
         }
 
         return $parameters['id'];
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class Release extends Model
         if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
             (new ElasticSearchSiteSearch())->updateRelease($id);
         } else {
-            (new SphinxSearch())->updateRelease($id);
+            (new ManticoreSearch())->updateRelease($id);
         }
     }
 
@@ -559,9 +559,6 @@ class Release extends Model
      *
      * @return false|\Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|\Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|\Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder|object|null
      *
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\ConnectionException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
-     * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
      */
     public static function getAlternate($guid, $userid)
     {
@@ -578,7 +575,7 @@ class Release extends Model
             if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                 $searchResult = (new ElasticSearchSiteSearch())->indexSearch($similar[1], 10);
             } else {
-                $results = (new SphinxSearch())->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $similar[1]);
+                $results = (new ManticoreSearch())->searchIndexes('releases_rt', $similar[1]);
 
                 $searchResult = Arr::pluck($results, 'id');
             }
diff --git a/app/Models/ReleaseFile.php b/app/Models/ReleaseFile.php
index b44a87702..cc2da8e89 100644
--- a/app/Models/ReleaseFile.php
+++ b/app/Models/ReleaseFile.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Models;
 
 use Blacklight\ElasticSearchSiteSearch;
-use Blacklight\SphinxSearch;
+use Blacklight\ManticoreSearch;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class ReleaseFile extends Model
             if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                 (new ElasticSearchSiteSearch())->updateRelease($id);
             } else {
-                (new SphinxSearch())->updateRelease($id);
+                (new ManticoreSearch())->updateRelease($id);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/config/sphinxsearch.php b/config/sphinxsearch.php
index d66921ce1..eff56cd47 100644
--- a/config/sphinxsearch.php
+++ b/config/sphinxsearch.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 return [
     'host' => env('MANTICORESEARCH_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
-    'port' => env('MANTICORESEARCH_PORT', 9306),
+    'port' => env('MANTICORESEARCH_PORT', 9308),
     'indexes' => [
         'releases' => 'releases_rt',
         'predb' => 'predb_rt',
diff --git a/misc/elasticsearch/populate_es_indexes.php b/misc/elasticsearch/populate_es_indexes.php
index aafffa5f0..5090f1257 100644
--- a/misc/elasticsearch/populate_es_indexes.php
+++ b/misc/elasticsearch/populate_es_indexes.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if (! isset($argv[1])) {
 
 populate_indexes($argv[1], (isset($argv[2]) && is_numeric($argv[2]) && $argv[2] > 0 ? $argv[2] : 10000));
 
-// Bulk insert releases into sphinx RT index.
+// Bulk insert releases into ElasticSearch index.
 function populate_indexes($table, $max)
 {
     $allowedIndexes = ['releases', 'predb'];
diff --git a/misc/manticoresearch/optimize.php b/misc/manticoresearch/optimize.php
index 2ec9a2a29..6db9cc833 100644
--- a/misc/manticoresearch/optimize.php
+++ b/misc/manticoresearch/optimize.php
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 require_once dirname(__DIR__, 2).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'bootstrap/autoload.php';
 
-use Blacklight\SphinxSearch;
+use Blacklight\ManticoreSearch;
 
 try {
-    (new SphinxSearch())->optimizeRTIndex();
+    (new ManticoreSearch())->optimizeRTIndex();
 } catch (Exception $e) {
     echo $e->getMessage();
 }
diff --git a/misc/manticoresearch/populate_rt_indexes.php b/misc/manticoresearch/populate_rt_indexes.php
index ab26393de..98a1544cf 100644
--- a/misc/manticoresearch/populate_rt_indexes.php
+++ b/misc/manticoresearch/populate_rt_indexes.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require_once dirname(__DIR__, 2).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'bootstrap/autoload.php';
 
 use App\Models\Predb;
 use App\Models\Release;
-use Blacklight\SphinxSearch;
+use Blacklight\ManticoreSearch;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ if (! isset($argv[1])) {
 
 populate_rt($argv[1], (isset($argv[2]) && is_numeric($argv[2]) && $argv[2] > 0 ? $argv[2] : 10000));
 
-// Bulk insert releases into sphinx RT index.
+// Bulk insert releases into Manticore RT index.
 function populate_rt($table, $max)
 {
     $allowedIndexes = ['releases_rt', 'predb_rt'];
     if (\in_array($table, $allowedIndexes, true)) {
-        $sphinx = new SphinxSearch();
-        $sphinx->truncateRTIndex(Arr::wrap($table));
+        $manticore = new ManticoreSearch();
+        $manticore->truncateRTIndex(Arr::wrap($table));
         if ($table === 'releases_rt') {
             DB::statement('SET SESSION group_concat_max_len=16384;');
             $query = 'SELECT r.id, r.name, r.searchname, r.fromname, r.categories_id, IFNULL(GROUP_CONCAT(rf.name SEPARATOR " "),"") filename
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function populate_rt($table, $max)
                 }
                 switch ($table) {
                     case 'releases_rt':
-                        $sphinx->insertRelease([
+                        $manticore->insertRelease([
                             'id' => $row->id,
                             'name' => $row->name,
                             'searchname' => $row->searchname,
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function populate_rt($table, $max)
                         break;
 
                     case 'predb_rt':
-                        $sphinx->insertPredb([
+                        $manticore->insertPredb([
                             'id' => $row->id,
                             'title' => $row->title,
                             'filename' => $row->filename,
diff --git a/misc/testing/Dev/test-ReleaseCleaner.php b/misc/testing/Dev/test-ReleaseCleaner.php
index cb03e53d2..0ffb74ba9 100755
--- a/misc/testing/Dev/test-ReleaseCleaner.php
+++ b/misc/testing/Dev/test-ReleaseCleaner.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require_once dirname(__DIR__, 3).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'bootstrap/autoload.php';
 use App\Models\Release;
 use App\Models\UsenetGroup;
 use Blacklight\ReleaseCleaning;
-use Blacklight\SphinxSearch;
+use Blacklight\ManticoreSearch;
 
 $message =
     'Shows old searchname vs new searchname for releases in a group using the releaseCleaning class. (Good for testing new regex)'.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if (\count($releases) === 0) {
 }
 
 $releaseCleaner = new ReleaseCleaning();
-$sphinx = new SphinxSearch();
+$manticore = new ManticoreSearch();
 
 foreach ($releases as $release) {
     echo '.';
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ foreach ($releases as $release) {
 
         if ($rename === true) {
             Release::query()->where('id', '=', $release->id)->update(['searchname' => $newName]);
-            $sphinx->updateRelease($release->id);
+            $manticore->updateRelease($release->id);
         }
     }
 }