---
id: inflection
version: "0.5.1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# inflection — A port of Ruby on Rails inflector to Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install inflection
uv add inflection
poetry add inflection

## Description

Inflection
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Inflection is a string transformation library.  It singularizes and pluralizes
English words, and transforms strings from CamelCase to underscored string.
Inflection is a port of `Ruby on Rails`_' `inflector`_ to Python.

.. _Ruby on Rails: http://rubyonrails.org
.. _inflector: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/Inflector.html

Resources
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- `Documentation <https://inflection.readthedocs.io/>`_
- `Issue Tracker <http://github.com/jpvanhal/inflection/issues>`_
- `Code <http://github.com/jpvanhal/inflection>`_
- `Development Version
  <http://github.com/jpvanhal/inflection/zipball/master#egg=Inflection-dev>`_

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Inflection transforms English words and strings: singularizes and pluralizes words, and converts between CamelCase and underscored naming conventions.

Verdict: Inflection is a lightweight, dependency-free string transformation library with permissive MIT licensing and no known vulnerabilities. Its abandonment since 2020 and lack of maintenance pose a long-term risk; use only if its specific inflection rules match your needs and you can maintain a fork if required.

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