simple-anonymizer 0.1.9

Privacy-first text anonymization tool with enterprise-grade accuracy for removing PII from documents

🕵️ Anon - Privacy-First Text Anonymizer

A powerful, offline-first text anonymization tool that removes personal identifiable information (PII) from text while keeping all data on your machine. Built with enterprise-grade accuracy using spaCy NER models and Microsoft Presidio.

✨ Features

• 🔒 100% Offline - All processing happens on your machine
• 🎯 High Accuracy - Advanced NER using spaCy large models + Presidio
• 🖥️ Multiple Interfaces - Modern GUI, Web API, and CLI
• 🚀 Background Processing - CLIs run detached with proper logging
• 📦 Easy Installation - One-command install with automatic model setup
• 🏢 Cross-Platform - Windows, macOS, and Linux support

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

pip install simple-anonymizer

The installation will automatically download the required spaCy model (en_core_web_lg) for optimal accuracy.

GUI Application

Launch the modern GUI interface:

anon-gui

✅ The GUI runs in background - you can close the terminal after launch 📝 Logs available at ~/.anonymizer/gui_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.log

Web Interface

Start the web server:

anon-web start

✅ Server runs in background - accessible at http://127.0.0.1:8080 📝 Comprehensive logging and process management

Web Server Management

# Start server (custom host/port)
anon-web start --host 0.0.0.0 --port 5000

# Check server status
anon-web status

# View recent logs
anon-web logs

# Stop server
anon-web stop

# Clean old log files
anon-web clean

Python API

from anonymizer_core import redact

# Basic anonymization
result = redact("John Doe works at Microsoft in Seattle.")
print(result.anonymized_text)
# Output: "<REDACTED> works at <REDACTED> in <REDACTED>."