lingua
v1.8.0 StableAn accurate natural language detection library, suitable for short text and mixed-language text
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 77d ago)
- ✓Stable API (1.x for 5+ years)
- ✓Trusted by 222 crates
- !Heavy dependency tree (104 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
117.9K downloads in the last 30 days, down 57% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.
222 crates depend on lingua. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 79 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 5 years with 22 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
104 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
3.3MB is relatively large. May impact download and compile times.
14% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include tpnote-lib, language, bund, find-typos, hitokoto. When high-quality crates choose lingua, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["afrikaans", "albanian", "arabic", "armenian", "azerbaijani", "basque", "belarusian", "bengali", "bokmal", "bosnian", "bulgarian", "catalan", "chinese", "croatian", "czech", "danish", "dutch", "english", "esperanto", "estonian", "finnish", "french", "ganda", "georgian", "german", "greek", "gujarati", "hebrew", "hindi", "hungarian", "icelandic", "indonesian", "irish", "italian", "japanese", "kazakh", "korean", "latin", "latvian", "lithuanian", "macedonian", "malay", "maori", "marathi", "mongolian", "nynorsk", "persian", "polish", "portuguese", "punjabi", "romanian", "russian", "serbian", "shona", "slovak", "slovene", "somali", "sotho", "spanish", "swahili", "swedish", "tagalog", "tamil", "telugu", "thai", "tsonga", "tswana", "turkish", "ukrainian", "urdu", "vietnamese", "welsh", "xhosa", "yoruba", "zulu"]
