langfun 0.1.2.dev202507130804

Langfun: Language as Functions.

Langfun

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Introduction

Langfun is a PyGlove powered library that aims to make language models (LM) fun to work with. Its central principle is to enable seamless integration between natural language and programming by treating language as functions. Through the introduction of Object-Oriented Prompting, Langfun empowers users to prompt LLMs using objects and types, offering enhanced control and simplifying agent development.

To unlock the magic of Langfun, you can start with Langfun 101. Notably, Langfun is compatible with popular LLMs such as Gemini, GPT, Claude, all without the need for additional fine-tuning.

Why Langfun?

Langfun is powerful and scalable:

• Seamless integration between natural language and computer programs.
• Modular prompts, which allows a natural blend of texts and modalities;
• Efficient for both request-based workflows and batch jobs;
• A powerful eval framework that thrives dimension explosions.

Langfun is simple and elegant:

• An intuitive programming model, graspable in 5 minutes;
• Plug-and-play into any Python codebase, making an immediate difference;
• Comprehensive LLMs under a unified API: Gemini, GPT, Claude, Llama3, and more.
• Designed for agile developement: offering intellisense, easy debugging, with minimal overhead;

Hello, Langfun

import langfun as lf
import pyglove as pg

from IPython import display

class Item(pg.Object):
  name: str
  color: str

class ImageDescription(pg.Object):
  items: list[Item]

image = lf.Image.from_uri('https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Solar_system.jpg/1646px-Solar_system.jpg')
display.display(image)

desc = lf.query(
    'Describe objects in {{my_image}} from top to bottom.',
    ImageDescription,
    lm=lf.llms.Gpt4o(api_key='<your-openai-api-key>'),
    my_image=image,
)
print(desc)

Output:

ImageDescription(
  items = [
    0 : Item(
      name = 'Mercury',
      color = 'Gray'
    ),
    1 : Item(
      name = 'Venus',
      color = 'Yellow'
    ),
    2 : Item(
      name = 'Earth',
      color = 'Blue and white'
    ),
    3 : Item(
      name = 'Moon',
      color = 'Gray'
    ),
    4 : Item(
      name = 'Mars',
      color = 'Red'
    ),
    5 : Item(
      name = 'Jupiter',
      color = 'Brown and white'
    ),
    6 : Item(
      name = 'Saturn',
      color = 'Yellowish-brown with rings'
    ),
    7 : Item(
      name = 'Uranus',
      color = 'Light blue'
    ),
    8 : Item(
      name = 'Neptune',
      color = 'Dark blue'
    )
  ]
)

See Langfun 101 for more examples.

Install

Langfun offers a range of features through Extras, allowing users to install only what they need. The minimal installation of Langfun requires only PyGlove, Jinja2, and requests. To install Langfun with its minimal dependencies, use:

pip install langfun

For a complete installation with all dependencies, use:

pip install langfun[all]

To install a nightly build, include the --pre flag, like this:

pip install langfun[all] --pre

If you want to customize your installation, you can select specific features using package names like langfun[X1, X2, ..., Xn], where Xi corresponds to a tag from the list below:

Tag	Description
all	All Langfun features.
vertexai	VertexAI access.
mime	All MIME supports.
mime-auto	Automatic MIME type detection.
mime-pil	Image support for PIL.
ui	UI enhancements

For example, to install a nightly build that includes VertexAI access, full modality support, and UI enhancements, use:

pip install langfun[vertexai,mime,ui] --pre

Solving import issue with libmagic

Langfun utilizes libmagic for automatic MIME type detection to support multi-modal functionalities. However, pip install libmagic may not work out-of-the-box on all operation systems, sometimes leading to an 'ImportError: failed to find libmagic.' error after Langfun installation.

If you encounter this error, you will need to follow the recommendations below to fix the installation of libmagic library.

OSX

conda install conda-forge::libmagic

Windows:

pip install python-magic
pip uninstall python-magic-bin
pip install python-magic-bin

Disclaimer: this is not an officially supported Google product.