Code-Hex/langid

A hobby language detector for macOS v14

langid

langid is a command-line tool for detecting the language of input text using Apple's Natural Language Processing framework.

Prerequisites

• macOS v14 or later
• Swift 5.10 or later

Building

To build the project, run:

make build

This command compiles the project in release mode.

Installing

To install the langid command to /usr/local/bin, run:

sudo make install

This command builds the project and copies the executable to /usr/local/bin.

Uninstalling

To remove the installed langid command, run:

sudo make uninstall

Cleaning

To clean the build artifacts, run:

make clean

Updating Dependencies

To update the project dependencies, run:

make update-deps

Formatting Code

To format all Swift files in the project using swift-format, run:

make format

This command will format all Swift files in the Sources directory and the Package.swift file.

Usage

After installation, you can use langid in two ways:

1. Provide text as a command-line argument:

   langid "Your text here"

2. Pipe text to langid:

   echo "Your text here" | langid

The command will output the detected language code (e.g., "en" for English, "ja" for Japanese).

Example

$ langid "Hello, world!"
en

$ echo "Bonjour le monde" | langid
fr

License

MIT License