---
id: silpa-common
version: "0.3"
license: LGPL-2.1+
license_treatment: copyleft
maintenance: abandoned
---

# silpa_common — Common functions for SILPA and related modules

License: copyleft · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 84.4K/mo

## What it is and what it does

silpa-common is a utility library built for SILPA, a web application focused on processing Indic languages. It provides two main submodules: charmap for mapping characters across Indic and other writing systems, and langdetect for identifying which language a text sample belongs to. The package also exports a servicemethod decorator intended for modules that expose functionality via JSONRPC.

The package has been abandoned since 2014-05-03 and receives no maintenance. It has no runtime dependencies, which simplifies installation, but the source-only distribution and age raise compatibility questions with modern Python environments. Python version support is unspecified, making it uncertain whether the code will run without modification on current systems.

Use it for:

- Detect the language of text input in Indic language processing pipelines within legacy SILPA deployments
- Map characters between different Indic writing systems for text normalization or transliteration tasks
- Expose language detection or character mapping functions via JSONRPC in older SILPA-based web services
- Access common utilities shared across multiple SILPA modules in historical or archived projects

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides common utility functions for SILPA, including character mapping for Indic languages and language detection capabilities.

No. The package is abandoned with no maintenance since 2014-05-03 and unspecified Python version support. High install friction from source-only distribution, combined with the age and lack of testing on modern Python versions, makes it unsuitable for new projects. Consider it only if maintaining a legacy SILPA deployment that already depends on it.

## Install

pip install silpa-common
uv add silpa-common
poetry add silpa-common

## Installing silpa_common

Before you install: High install friction due to source-only distribution. Package is abandoned since 2014-05-03 with no maintenance activity, raising concerns about compatibility with modern Python versions.

License in practice: Licensed under LGPL-2.1+, a copyleft license requiring derivative works to be distributed under the same terms. Use in proprietary software requires careful licensing review.

Quickstart:

pip install silpa-common
from silpa_common import charmap, langdetect

Package is abandoned and may not install cleanly on modern Python versions; Python version compatibility is unspecified.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package actually works with current Python versions given its abandonment since 2014-05-03
- Whether character mapping and language detection functions are production-ready or experimental
- What specific Indic languages are supported by the charmap module
- Whether the JSONRPC decorator is still relevant for current web frameworks

## Package facts

- License: LGPL-2.1+ (copyleft)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: high
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 84.4K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

indic language character mapping, language detection library, silpa common utilities, indic text processing, language identification, character encoding support, multilingual text tools, indic-languages, abandoned, legacy

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