langusta

Langusta is a language detection library based on a method designed and implemented by Nakatani Shuyo. This work is almost a direct 1-to-1 port of the original Java library which can be found at: code.google.com/p/language-detection.

For more information about the method (naive bayesian classification), have a look at this presentation: www.slideshare.net/shuyo/language-detection-library-for-java. This implementation uses some resources from the original library, specifically the language profiles.

Runtime dependencies

  • oniguruma - regular expressions swiss army knife

  • yajl-ruby - a quick and elegant JSON parser

Usage

See lib/langusta/language_detection_facade.rb for an example, a canonical way to use the library is through this class.

Compatibility

  • Ruby 1.8.7

A version for Ruby 1.9 is in the works.

Contributing to langusta

  • Check out the latest master to make sure the feature hasn’t been implemented or the bug hasn’t been fixed yet

  • Check out the issue tracker to make sure someone already hasn’t requested it and/or contributed it

  • Fork the project

  • Start a feature/bugfix branch

  • Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution

  • Make sure to add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentionally.

  • Please try not to mess with the Rakefile, version, or history. If you want to have your own version, or is otherwise necessary, that is fine, but please isolate to its own commit so I can cherry-pick around it.

Copyright © 2011 Jan Szumiec. See LICENSE.txt for further details.