freestylo 0.6.0

A tool for stylistic device detection."

FreeStylo - an easy-to-use stylistic device detection tool for stylometry

An easy-to-use package for detecting stylistic devices in text. This package is designed to be used in stylometry, the study of linguistic style.

For those proficient in python, this package provides a collection of approaches to detect stylistic devices in text. For those less proficient in python, this package provides a simple interface to detect stylistic devices in text with simple commands and user-friendly configuration.

Usage example

If after installation, run the following command in the root of the repository:

freestylo --input test/documents/chiasmustext.txt --output ./output.json --config example_config.json

This creates the file output.json in the root of the repository, which contains the detected stylistic devices in the text file test/documents/chiasmustext.txt. Afterewards, run the following command to get an overview over the results:

freestylo --mode report --data output.json --device chiasmustext

Installation

The minimum python requirement for this package is python 3.12. The package is available on PyPi and can be installed using pip.

pip install freestylo

Participation

The package is free and open-source software and contributions are very welcome. It is designed to be a living project that is constantly improved and extended. If you have implemented your own stylistic device detector, please consider contributing it to the package. Also, if you have any suggestions for improvements or if you find any bugs, please open an issue on the GitHub page.