carnaval 0.2.2

Reversible PII anonymization framework for LLM data pipelines

carnaval

The art of masking: concealing identity, preserving the essentials.

carnaval is a reversible Python framework for text-document anonymization. It masks sensitive entities (people, organizations, emails, phone numbers, bank identifiers, etc.) before sending them to a cloud LLM, and restores the original values in the structured response (JSON or XML) on the way back.

Status: Stable (Beta) — v0.2.0

• License: Apache 2.0
• Stack: Python 3.11 / 3.12 / 3.13, GLiNER (zero-shot NER), regex, AES-256-GCM
• No external PII framework (no Presidio, no spaCy NER)
• 184 tests passing, ~95% coverage, mypy-checked, CI on every push
• Used internally in production at one enterprise (anonymization of supplier acknowledgments before LLM extraction). Public API may evolve until v1.0.

Quick Start

# 1. Installation
git clone <repo>
cd carnaval
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate       # Linux/macOS
# or: .\.venv\Scripts\activate  # Windows
pip install -r requirements.txt

# 2. Configuration
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env and set CARNAVAL_VAULT_PASSWORD=<32+ characters>

# 3. Anonymization
python anonymize.py inbox/my_document.txt --profile acknowledge

# 4. Reinjection (after LLM processing)
python reinject.py response_llm.json --vault outbox/vault/my_document_vault.enc

7-Stage Architecture

Raw TXT --> S1 Intake
        --> S2 Preprocess (language, normalization)
        --> S3 Detect (regex + denylist + GLiNER)
        --> S4 Resolve (dedup, arbitration)
        --> S5 Mask (placeholders + encrypted vault)
        --> S6 Output (6 formats: txt/json/jsonl/xml/conll/html)

JSON/XML --> S7 Reinject --> JSON/XML with original values

Out-of-the-box Business Profiles

Profile	Document Type
acknowledge	Supplier order acknowledgment
invoice	Invoice / professional fee note
email	B2B professional email

Private profiles (real client data) in profiles_private/ (git-ignored).

Documentation

Doc	Topic
docs/00_overview.md	Overview, principles
docs/01_architecture_etages.md	The 7 stages in detail
docs/02_install.md	Installation
docs/03_deploiement_production.md	Production
docs/04_configuration.md	YAML config + profiles
docs/05_extension_listes.md	Adding entities to mask
docs/06_extension_recognizers.md	Coding a new recognizer
docs/07_securite.md	Vault, password, audit
docs/08_format_entree_sortie.md	Supported formats
docs/09_troubleshooting.md	Common errors
docs/10_api_reference.md	Python API

Tests

pytest                          # all (except slow)
pytest -m slow                  # real AI tests (downloads GLiNER ~500 MB)
pytest --cov=src/carnaval       # coverage

Contributing

Apache 2.0. Issues and PRs welcome. No personal or client data in public fixtures: use only fictitious entities (Acme Corp, Globex, Initech, etc.).