Simple and Performant Language detection library (pure JS and zero dependencies)
Tiny Language Detector, simply detect the language of a unicode UTF-8 text:
CommonJS and ESM), Deno and Browseryarn add tinyld # or npm install --save tinyld
import { detect, detectAll } from 'tinyld'
// Detect
detect('これは日本語です.') // ja
detect('and this is english.') // en
// DetectAll
detectAll('ceci est un text en francais.')
// [ { lang: 'fr', accuracy: 0.5238 }, { lang: 'ro', accuracy: 0.3802 }, ... ]
tinyld This is the text that I want to check
# [ { lang: 'en', accuracy: 1 } ]
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Simple and Performant Language detection library (pure JS and zero dependencies)
We found that tinyld demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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