diff --git a/src/core/index.rs b/src/core/index.rs
index f3af70ef5a..a4ddb17906 100644
--- a/src/core/index.rs
+++ b/src/core/index.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use super::segment::Segment;
 use super::IndexSettings;
+use crate::core::index_simple_writer::IndexSimpleWriter;
 use crate::core::{
     Executor, IndexMeta, SegmentId, SegmentMeta, SegmentMetaInventory, META_FILEPATH,
 };
@@ -163,6 +164,24 @@ impl IndexBuilder {
         self.create(mmap_directory)
     }
 
+    /// Dragons ahead!!!
+    ///
+    /// The point of this API is to let users create a simple index with a single segment
+    /// and without starting any thread.
+    ///
+    /// Do not use this method if you are not sure what you are doing.
+    ///
+    /// It expects an originally empty directory, and will not run any GC operation.
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub fn create_simple(
+        self,
+        dir: impl Into<Box<dyn Directory>>,
+    ) -> crate::Result<IndexSimpleWriter> {
+        let index = self.create(dir)?;
+        let index_simple_writer = IndexSimpleWriter::new(index, 100_000_000)?;
+        Ok(index_simple_writer)
+    }
+
     /// Creates a new index in a temp directory.
     ///
     /// The index will use the `MMapDirectory` in a newly created directory.
@@ -608,10 +627,12 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Index {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use crate::collector::Count;
     use crate::directory::{RamDirectory, WatchCallback};
-    use crate::schema::{Field, Schema, INDEXED, TEXT};
+    use crate::query::TermQuery;
+    use crate::schema::{Field, IndexRecordOption, Schema, INDEXED, TEXT};
     use crate::tokenizer::TokenizerManager;
-    use crate::{Directory, Index, IndexBuilder, IndexReader, IndexSettings, ReloadPolicy};
+    use crate::{Directory, Index, IndexBuilder, IndexReader, IndexSettings, ReloadPolicy, Term};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_indexer_for_field() {
@@ -877,4 +898,28 @@ mod tests {
         );
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_simple_writer() -> crate::Result<()> {
+        let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
+        let text_field = schema_builder.add_text_field("text", TEXT);
+        let schema = schema_builder.build();
+        let directory = RamDirectory::default();
+        let mut simple_writer = Index::builder()
+            .schema(schema.clone())
+            .create_simple(directory)?;
+        for _ in 0..10 {
+            let doc = doc!(text_field=>"hello");
+            simple_writer.add_document(doc)?;
+        }
+        let index = simple_writer.finalize()?;
+        let searcher = index.reader()?.searcher();
+        let term_query = TermQuery::new(
+            Term::from_field_text(text_field, "hello"),
+            IndexRecordOption::Basic,
+        );
+        let count = searcher.search(&term_query, &Count)?;
+        assert_eq!(count, 10);
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/index_simple_writer.rs b/src/core/index_simple_writer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b80ba76191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/index_simple_writer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+use crate::indexer::operation::AddOperation;
+use crate::indexer::segment_updater::save_metas;
+use crate::indexer::SegmentWriter;
+use crate::{Directory, Document, Index, IndexMeta, Opstamp, Segment};
+
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub struct IndexSimpleWriter {
+    segment_writer: SegmentWriter,
+    segment: Segment,
+    opstamp: Opstamp,
+}
+
+impl IndexSimpleWriter {
+    pub fn new(index: Index, mem_budget: usize) -> crate::Result<Self> {
+        let segment = index.new_segment();
+        let segment_writer = SegmentWriter::for_segment(mem_budget, segment.clone())?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            segment_writer,
+            segment,
+            opstamp: 0,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn add_document(&mut self, document: Document) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        let opstamp = self.opstamp;
+        self.opstamp += 1;
+        self.segment_writer
+            .add_document(AddOperation { opstamp, document })
+    }
+
+    pub fn finalize(self) -> crate::Result<Index> {
+        let max_doc = self.segment_writer.max_doc();
+        self.segment_writer.finalize()?;
+        let segment: Segment = self.segment.with_max_doc(max_doc);
+        let index = segment.index();
+        let index_meta = IndexMeta {
+            index_settings: index.settings().clone(),
+            segments: vec![segment.meta().clone()],
+            schema: index.schema().clone(),
+            opstamp: 0,
+            payload: None,
+        };
+        save_metas(&index_meta, index.directory())?;
+        index.directory().sync_directory()?;
+        Ok(segment.index().clone())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/core/mod.rs b/src/core/mod.rs
index 6ebb652473..ca99a73c7c 100644
--- a/src/core/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod executor;
 pub mod index;
 mod index_meta;
+mod index_simple_writer;
 mod inverted_index_reader;
 pub mod searcher;
 mod segment;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ pub use self::index::{Index, IndexBuilder};
 pub use self::index_meta::{
     IndexMeta, IndexSettings, IndexSortByField, Order, SegmentMeta, SegmentMetaInventory,
 };
+pub use self::index_simple_writer::IndexSimpleWriter;
 pub use self::inverted_index_reader::InvertedIndexReader;
 pub use self::searcher::{Searcher, SearcherGeneration};
 pub use self::segment::Segment;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 40ff110280..f4dcae6c0d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -299,9 +299,9 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 pub use self::docset::{DocSet, TERMINATED};
 pub use crate::core::{
-    Executor, Index, IndexBuilder, IndexMeta, IndexSettings, IndexSortByField, InvertedIndexReader,
-    Order, Searcher, SearcherGeneration, Segment, SegmentComponent, SegmentId, SegmentMeta,
-    SegmentReader,
+    Executor, Index, IndexBuilder, IndexMeta, IndexSettings, IndexSimpleWriter, IndexSortByField,
+    InvertedIndexReader, Order, Searcher, SearcherGeneration, Segment, SegmentComponent, SegmentId,
+    SegmentMeta, SegmentReader,
 };
 pub use crate::directory::Directory;
 pub use crate::indexer::demuxer::*;