case-convert

What it is and what it does

case-convert is a lightweight string case-formatting library that converts text between five case styles: camel, kebab, pascal, snake, and upper. It accepts permissive input, treating punctuation and whitespace as word separators, so inputs like "__hello Great--world" normalize cleanly to the target case without requiring pre-processing.

The package has no runtime dependencies and is available for Python 3. However, it has been abandoned since September 2020 with no maintenance activity, meaning bugs will not be fixed and compatibility with newer Python versions is uncertain. The LGPLv3+ license is copyleft, so using it in proprietary code requires careful licensing review.

Use it for:

• Convert API response field names from snake_case to camelCase for JavaScript interoperability
• Normalize user input or configuration keys to a consistent case format before processing
• Transform database column names to different naming conventions for code generation
• Standardize variable names across polyglot codebases that use different case conventions
• Prepare text for case-sensitive lookups or comparisons by normalizing to a single format

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

Converts strings between different case formats (camel, kebab, pascal, snake, upper) with lenient input handling that ignores punctuation and whitespace.

No. The package is abandoned (last release 2020-09-10, no maintenance since) and has high install friction. For a simple, actively maintained case converter, consider alternatives. If you need only basic case conversion, Python's built-in string methods or a maintained third-party package are safer choices.

Install

case-convert on PyPI

pip install case-convert

uv add case-convert

poetry add case-convert

Installing case-convert

Before you install

High install friction due to source distribution only. Package is abandoned—last release was 2020-09-10 with no commits or maintenance activity since.

License in practice

Licensed under LGPLv3+, a copyleft license requiring derivative works to be distributed under the same terms. Acceptable for internal use but restrictive for proprietary distribution.

Quickstart

pip install case-convert
from case_convert import camel_case
result = camel_case("hello world")  # helloWorld

Verify before relying

• Whether the package works correctly with modern Python versions (requires_python is unspecified)
• Current state of the GitLab repository and whether it remains accessible
• Whether permissive input handling covers all edge cases mentioned in the description

Package facts

Evidence: case_convert-1.1.0.tar.gz

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