opencc-pyo3 0.8.9

A Python extension module powered by Rust and PyO3, providing fast and accurate Chinese text conversion.

opencc_pyo3

opencc_pyo3 is a Python extension module powered by Rust and PyO3, providing fast and accurate conversion between different Chinese text variants using OpenCC algorithms.

Features

• Convert between Simplified, Traditional, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japanese Kanji Chinese text.
• Fast and memory-efficient, leveraging Rust's performance.
• Easy-to-use Python API.
• Supports punctuation conversion and automatic text code detection.

Supported Conversion Configurations

• s2t, t2s, s2tw, tw2s, s2twp, tw2sp, s2hk, hk2s, t2tw, tw2t, t2twp, tw2tp, t2hk, hk2t, t2jp, jp2t

Installation

1. Install from PyPI

pip install opencc-pyo3

2. Build and install the Python wheel using maturin:

# In project root
maturin build --release
pip install ./target/wheels/opencc_pyo3-<version>-cp<pyver>-abi3-<platform>.whl

Or for development (May require venv):

maturin develop -r

See build.txt for detailed build and install instructions.

Usage

Python

from opencc_pyo3 import OpenCC

text = "“春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟。”"
opencc = OpenCC("s2t")
converted = opencc.convert(text, punctuation=True)
print(converted)  # 「春眠不覺曉，處處聞啼鳥。」

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CLI

You can also use the CLI interface via Python module or Python script:
Sub-Commands are:

• convert: Convert Chinese text using OpenCC
• office: Convert Office document Chinese text using OpenCC
• pdf: Convert extracted PDF document text using OpenCC

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convert

python -m opencc_pyo3 convert --help
usage: opencc-pyo3 convert [-h] [-i <file>] [-o <file>] [-c <conversion>] [-p] [--in-enc <encoding>] [--out-enc <encoding>]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i, --input <file>    Read original text from <file>.
  -o, --output <file>   Write converted text to <file>.
  -c, --config <conversion>
                        Conversion configuration: s2t|s2tw|s2twp|s2hk|t2s|tw2s|tw2sp|hk2s|jp2t|t2jp
  -p, --punct           Enable punctuation conversion. (Default: False)
  --in-enc <encoding>   Encoding for input. (Default: UTF-8)
  --out-enc <encoding>  Encoding for output. (Default: UTF-8)

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office

Support OpenOffice documents and Epub (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, .odt, .ods, .odp, .epub)

python -m opencc_pyo3 office --help                                         
usage: opencc-pyo3 office [-h] [-i <file>] [-o <file>] [-c <conversion>] [-p] [-f <format>] [--auto-ext] [--keep-font]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i, --input <file>    Input Office document from <file>.
  -o, --output <file>   Output Office document to <file>.
  -c, --config <conversion>
                        conversion: s2t|s2tw|s2twp|s2hk|t2s|tw2s|tw2sp|hk2s|jp2t|t2jp
  -p, --punct           Enable punctuation conversion. (Default: False)
  -f, --format <format>
                        Target Office format (e.g., docx, xlsx, pptx, odt, ods, odp, epub)
  --auto-ext            Auto-append extension to output file
  --keep-font           Preserve font-family information in Office content

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PDF

Support PDF files as input, with built-in text extraction and OpenCC-based conversion powered by opencc-fmmseg (available since v0.8.4).

This command allows you to extract Chinese text from PDF documents, optionally apply CJK-aware paragraph reflow, and convert the result using OpenCC configurations.

Note
Only text-embedded (searchable) PDF documents are supported.
Scanned or image-only PDFs without an embedded text layer are not currently supported.

python -m opencc_pyo3 pdf --help

usage: __main__.py pdf [-h] -i <file> [-o <file>] [-c <conversion>] [-p] [-H] [-r] [--compact] [--timing] [-e]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i, --input <file>    Input PDF file.
  -o, --output <file>   Output text file (UTF-8). If omitted, defaults to "<input>_converted.txt".
  -c, --config <conversion>
                        Conversion configuration: s2t|s2tw|s2twp|s2hk|t2s|tw2s|tw2sp|hk2s|jp2t|t2jp
  -p, --punct           Enable punctuation conversion. (Default: False)
  -H, --header          Preserve page-break-like gaps when reflowing CJK paragraphs (passed as add_pdf_page_header to reflow_cjk_paragraphs).
  -r, --reflow          Enable CJK-aware paragraph reflow before conversion.
  --compact             Use compact paragraph mode (single newline between paragraphs).
  --timing              Show time use for each process workflow.
  -e, --extract         Extract PDF text only (skip OpenCC conversion).

python -m opencc_pyo3 convert -i input.txt -o output.txt -c s2t --punct

python -m opencc_pyo3 office -c s2t --punct -i input.docx -o output.docx --keep-font

opencc-pyo3 office -c s2tw -p -i input.epub -o output.epub

opencc-pyo3 pdf -i input.pdf -o output.txt -c s2t -punct --reflow

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API

Class: OpenCC

• OpenCC(config: str = "s2t")
  • config: Conversion configuration (see above).
• set_config(config: str)
  • Set conversion config dynamically
• convert(input: str, punctuation: bool = False) -> str
  • Convert text with optional punctuation conversion.
• zho_check(input: str) -> int
  • Detects the code of the input text.
  • 1 - Traditional, 2 - Simplified, 0 - others

Development

• Rust source: src/lib.rs
• Python bindings: opencc_pyo3/__init __.py, opencc_pyo3/opencc_pyo3.pyi
• CLI: opencc_pyo3/main.py

Benchmarks

Package: opencc_pyo3
Python 3.13.5 (tags/v3.13.5:6cb20a2, Jun 11 2025, 16:15:46) [MSC v.1943 64 bit (AMD64)]
Platform: Windows-11-10.0.26100-SP0
Processor: Intel64 Family 6 Model 191 Stepping 2, GenuineIntel

BENCHMARK RESULTS

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Method	Config	TextSize	Mean	StdDev	Min	Max	Ops/sec	Chars/sec
Convert_Small	s2t	100	0.118 ms	0.097 ms	0.049 ms	0.811 ms	8,499	849,910
Convert_Medium	s2t	1,000	0.250 ms	0.036 ms	0.211 ms	0.509 ms	4,004	4,003,531
Convert_Large	s2t	10,000	0.845 ms	0.060 ms	0.775 ms	1.420 ms	1,184	11,835,419
Convert_XLarge	s2t	100,000	4.755 ms	0.152 ms	4.515 ms	5.680 ms	210	21,030,543
Convert_Small	s2tw	100	0.141 ms	0.027 ms	0.096 ms	0.321 ms	7,111	711,093
Convert_Medium	s2tw	1,000	0.392 ms	0.030 ms	0.355 ms	0.623 ms	2,552	2,552,127
Convert_Large	s2tw	10,000	1.271 ms	0.044 ms	1.191 ms	1.474 ms	787	7,869,452
Convert_XLarge	s2tw	100,000	6.317 ms	0.139 ms	6.004 ms	7.250 ms	158	15,831,322
Convert_Small	s2twp	100	0.204 ms	0.028 ms	0.132 ms	0.380 ms	4,911	491,118
Convert_Medium	s2twp	1,000	0.598 ms	0.039 ms	0.527 ms	0.747 ms	1,671	1,671,296
Convert_Large	s2twp	10,000	1.942 ms	0.061 ms	1.823 ms	2.223 ms	515	5,149,357
Convert_XLarge	s2twp	100,000	9.937 ms	0.173 ms	9.542 ms	10.707 ms	101	10,063,174

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Throughput vs Size

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Projects That Use opencc-pyo3

OpenccPyo3Gui

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License

MIT

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Powered by Rust, PyO3, OpenCC, Pdfium and opencc-fmmseg.