SWISH-E is based on SWISH, developed by Kevin Hughes. When Kevin Hughes stopped maintaining it, Roy Tennant (then at the University of California, Berkeley Library) requested in the mid-1990s to take responsibility for developing it further as a web indexing tool.
SWISH-E is based on SWISH, developed by Kevin Hughes. Upon Kevin Hughes' relinquishment, Roy Tennant (then at the University of California, Berkeley Library) undertook responsibility for further refining it as an internet indexing device.