pysifr 0.0.3

Arabic-first single-byte encoding with ASCII compatibility and native SIFR codec bindings

SIFR Python Package

SIFR is a compact codec for Arabic text that maps Unicode codepoints to a byte representation. This package provides thin Python bindings for the native SIFR C codec.

Why this package?

• Compact storage: SIFR encodes Arabic text to a smaller byte stream than UTF-8 in many cases.
• Fast round-trip: Encode to bytes, decode back to codepoints quickly.
• Simple API: One encode() and one decode().

Note: SIFR is an encoding, not encryption. The output is binary data, not hidden text.

Installation

pip install pysifr

Basic Usage

from sifr import encode, decode

text = "السلام عليكم\n[EXT] ؐ ۖ ۝ ࣉ ࢠ"
cps = [ord(ch) for ch in text]

sifr_bytes = encode(cps)
back = "".join(chr(cp) for cp in decode(sifr_bytes))

assert back == text