{"categories":[{"label":"General","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/text-processing-general"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Encodes text with overlapping Unicode diacritical marks to create Zalgo text, and decodes Zalgo text back to plain ASCII by stripping combining marks.","skillfed_tags":["unicode-text","novelty-utility"],"use_cases":["Generate visually striking or humorous Zalgo text for social media posts, chat messages, or creative writing.","Strip Zalgo text back to readable ASCII when cleaning user input or text from untrusted sources.","Experiment with Unicode combining marks and diacritical mark placement for linguistic or typographic research.","Obfuscate or encode text for novelty or aesthetic purposes in applications or games.","Extend the diacritics lists to include marks from other Unicode blocks or non-Latin writing systems."],"what_it_does":"Zalgolib is a Python library for generating and removing Zalgo text\u2014text decorated with stacked Unicode combining diacritical marks that create a visually chaotic or \"corrupted\" effect. It provides two main functions: enzalgofy() adds combining marks to text at a configurable intensity (0\u2013100, representing a rough percentage of marks per character), and dezalgofy() strips those marks by converting to ASCII and back to UTF-8. The library includes curated lists of 40 downward marks, 46 upward marks, and 21 midline marks drawn from the Unicode combining diacritics space.\n\nThe package has no external dependencies beyond Python's standard library random module. It is designed to be lightweight and customizable\u2014users can extend the diacritics lists directly in their own code or modify the module itself. The author emphasizes functionality and periodic maintenance, though the project has been dormant since December 2023.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need Zalgo text generation or decoding. The package is lightweight (no external dependencies), permissively licensed, and has no known vulnerabilities. The dormant maintenance status is not a concern for a narrow, self-contained utility. Install if you have an actual use case for Zalgo text; otherwise it is niche."},"id":"zalgolib","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/zalgolib","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/zalgolib.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/zalgolib/"},"maintenance":{"status":"dormant"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2023-12-07","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"zalgolib","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"A Python library for a _FULL_ Zalgo experience"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":103562,"position":12797,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.2.2"}