[Flash303]

This pull request introduces a centralized, robust client-side server search and ranking system, replacing all previous ad-hoc filtering logic across the app. The new matcher provides consistent, relevance-ranked results for all server search surfaces, supporting typo tolerance, accent/case insensitivity, and smart tokenization. All affected components now use this shared logic, ensuring users see the best matches first.

Centralized server search and ranking:

• Added server-search.ts implementing a hybrid, zero-dependency search matcher that normalizes text (removing color codes, accents, and case), tokenizes queries, and ranks results by strict tiers (exact, prefix, word-start, substring, 1-edit typo), with name matches always prioritized over IPs. Fuzzy matching is limited to a single edit for tokens of 5+ letters, and never applies to IPs/ports. Includes comprehensive tests. [1] [2]

Component integration and logic updates:

• Updated useServersFilterSort hook, home page server list, account servers tab, and search bar to use the new searchServers function for all server filtering and search, replacing previous substring-based logic. This ensures consistent ranking and filtering everywhere. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Sorting logic improvements:

• Modified sorting logic in both the home page and useServersFilterSort so that when a search query is present, the relevance ranking from the matcher is used as the sort order, preventing secondary sorts (like by popularity or name) from burying the best matches. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Testing:

• Added comprehensive tests for normalization, ranking behavior, fuzzy tolerance, and edge cases in server-search.test.ts, ensuring correct and robust search results.