Franc – Detect natural languages

In plain words

Franc is a natural language detection tool that identifies which language a given text is written in. It's designed for developers who need to automatically classify text by language as part of their applications or workflows. The tool is open source and available on GitHub, where developers can contribute to its ongoing development and improvement.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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