zalgolib
A Python library for a _FULL_ Zalgo experience
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
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.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.7 or later; relies on random.choices() from the standard library.
- No runtime dependencies beyond the standard library.
- Dormant since late 2023 (981 days), but the repository is not archived and the codebase is straightforward enough that lack of recent updates poses minimal risk for a utility of this scope.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — MIT license is permissive; you may use, modify, and distribute the package freely with minimal restrictions, provided you retain the copyright notice.
last release 2023-12-07 (981 days) · last repo commit 2023-12-13 · 6 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 103,562 downloads/mo, #12,797 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
pip install zalgolib
from zalgolib import enzalgofy, dezalgofy
zalgo_text = enzalgofy(text='hello', intensity=50)
plain_text = dezalgofy(zalgo_text)- Whether dezalgofy correctly preserves intentional accented characters in the original text, or whether it strips all combining marks indiscriminately.
- Performance characteristics when processing very large strings or high intensity values.
What it is and what it does
Zalgolib is a Python library for generating and removing Zalgo text—text 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 (0–100, 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.
The package has no external dependencies beyond Python's standard library random module. It is designed to be lightweight and customizable—users 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.
Use it for
- 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.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
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.
Install
zalgolib on PyPI
Before you install
No runtime dependencies beyond the standard library. Dormant since late 2023 (981 days), but the repository is not archived and the codebase is straightforward enough that lack of recent updates poses minimal risk for a utility of this scope.
Requires Python 3.7 or later; relies on random.choices() from the standard library.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive; you may use, modify, and distribute the package freely with minimal restrictions, provided you retain the copyright notice.
Quickstart
pip install zalgolib
from zalgolib import enzalgofy, dezalgofy
zalgo_text = enzalgofy(text='hello', intensity=50)
plain_text = dezalgofy(zalgo_text)Verify before relying
- Whether dezalgofy correctly preserves intentional accented characters in the original text, or whether it strips all combining marks indiscriminately.
- Performance characteristics when processing very large strings or high intensity values.
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.7 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Dormant 981 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 103,562 / month, #12,797 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Natural Language :: EnglishOperating System :: POSIX :: LinuxProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: Text Processing :: General |
Evidence: zalgolib-0.2.2-py3-none-any.whl
Tags
Let your AI agent find packages like this
Example. Real query, live index.
You found this page by searching. An agent finds it by wishing: SkillFed indexes 14,416 PyPI packages by what they can do, searchable in plain language.
wish › “zalgo text generator”
- zalgolibEncodes text with overlapping Unicode diacritical marks to create…
- lorem-textGenerates dummy lorem ipsum text (sentences, paragraphs, and words)…
- loremGenerates random placeholder text that resembles Latin (lorem ipsum…
Give your agent the search over MCP, or paste the wish link into any chat.
More General packages
A drop-in replacement for Python's standard `re` module that adds advanced regex features like nested sets, fuzzy matching, lookaround in conditionals, and full Unicode case-folding while maintaining backward compatibility.
Docutils converts plaintext documentation in reStructuredText format into multiple output formats including HTML, XML, and LaTeX using a modular processing system.
Sphinx generates professional documentation from reStructuredText source files, producing HTML, PDF, EPUB, and other formats with automatic cross-references, code highlighting, and hierarchical navigation.
Lark is a parsing library that builds abstract syntax trees from context-free grammars, supporting multiple parsing algorithms (Earley, LALR(1), CYK) with automatic line and column tracking.
NLTK is a Python library for natural language processing tasks including tokenization, parsing, tagging, and linguistic analysis, with built-in datasets and educational resources.
Install it if you need foundational NLP tools, linguistic datasets, or are learning the field; consider specialized libraries (spaCy, transformers) if you need…
Converts numbers, dates, times, and file sizes into human-readable text formats, with support for fuzzy durations like "3 minutes ago" and localization to multiple languages.
Install it if you need to display human-readable numbers, durations, or sizes to end users.
See also normality · fold-to-ascii · Unidecode · latexcodec · idna · bnunicodenormalizer · pylzss · graphemeu · mbstrdecoder · confusable-homoglyphs