{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/7"},{"label":"Libraries","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries/5"},{"label":"Python Modules","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries-python-modules/11"},{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/5"},{"label":"Systems Administration","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-systems-administration"},{"label":"Software Distribution","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-software-distribution"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Expands English contractions and slang into their full forms (e.g., \"you're\" \u2192 \"you are\", \"ima\" \u2192 \"I am going to\"), with support for custom additions.","skillfed_tags":["text-preprocessing","nlp","abandoned"],"use_cases":["Normalize user-generated text before feeding it to NLP models or text classifiers","Preprocess social media or chat data where contractions and slang are common","Expand contractions in customer service transcripts for consistent text analysis","Prepare training data for language models by standardizing contraction forms","Add domain-specific contraction rules for specialized text processing pipelines"],"what_it_does":"Contractions is a text preprocessing library that converts English contractions and informal speech patterns into their expanded forms. It handles common cases like \"you're\" \u2192 \"you are\" and \"gotta\" \u2192 \"got to\", and resolves ambiguous cases by choosing the most common interpretation (e.g., \"he's\" becomes \"he is\" rather than \"he has\"). The package includes a slang mode (enabled by default) that expands informal patterns like \"ima\" and \"yall\", and allows users to register custom expansion rules.\n\nThe library depends on textsearch for pattern matching and is distributed as a pure Python wheel with low installation friction. It targets NLP preprocessing workflows where normalized text is needed for downstream analysis or model training. The package is no longer actively maintained, with the last release on 2022-11-15.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need lightweight contraction expansion and can accept an abandoned package. The library is simple, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. However, verify that textsearch remains compatible with your Python version, and consider whether the lack of maintenance poses a risk for your use case\u2014bug fixes or Python version updates will not be forthcoming."},"id":"contractions","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/contractions","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/contractions.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/contractions/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2022-11-15","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"contractions","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Fixes contractions such as `you're` to you `are`"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":588160,"position":5869,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.1.73"}