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wdmg/lingua-detect
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Language detection by source text.

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LinguaDetect
============

[](#linguadetect)

Language detection by source text.

Based on alphabets and language recognition chart. It describes a variety of simple clues one can use to determine what language a document is written in with high accuracy. See more \[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Language\_recognition\_chart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Language_recognition_chart)\]

Support `en`, `ru`, `uk`, `fr`, `es`, `de`, `it`, `pl`, `hu`, `el` locales.

Requirements
============

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.6 or higher

Installation
============

[](#installation)

To install the library, run the following command in the console:

`$ composer require "wdmg/lingua-detect"`

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

```

```

Status and version \[ready to use\]
===================================

[](#status-and-version-ready-to-use)

- v.1.0.1 - Added namespace
- v.1.0.0 - Added LinguaDetect() class

Copyrights
==========

[](#copyrights)

- Copyright (c) 2020 W.D.M.Group, Ukraine ()
- Copyright (c) 2020 by Alexsander Vyshnyvetskyy

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2198d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1635637?v=4)[Alexsander Vyshnyvetskyy](/maintainers/alex-wdmg)[@alex-wdmg](https://github.com/alex-wdmg)

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Top Contributors

[![alex-wdmg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1635637?v=4)](https://github.com/alex-wdmg "alex-wdmg (5 commits)")

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Tags

languagedetectionLinguaDetect

###  Code Quality

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