Readability Python Packages

trafilatura

Python & Command-line tool to gather text and metadata on the Web: Crawling, scraping, extraction, output as CSV, JSON, HTML, MD, TXT, XML

pyaml

PyYAML-based module to produce a bit more pretty and readable YAML-serialized data

readabilipy

A simple HTML content extractor in Python. Can be run as a wrapper for Mozilla's Readability.js package or in pure-python mode.

textstat

:memo: python package to calculate readability statistics of a text object - paragraphs, sentences, articles.

abx-plugins

🧩 Plugins and extractors that ArchiveBox + abx-dl use: chrome, ytdlp, wget, singlefile, readability, forum-dl, gallery-dl, papers-dl, and more...

py-readability-metrics

📗 Score text readability using a number of formulas: Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Gunning Fog, ARI, Dale Chall, SMOG, and more

textdescriptives

A Python library for calculating a large variety of metrics from text

vyxal

A code-golfing language experience that has aspects of traditional programming languages - terse yet convenient.

sspipe

Simple Smart Pipe: python productivity-tool for rapid data manipulation

blackmount-nlp-mcp

NLP without the bloat — sentiment, keywords, readability, summarization. No NLTK, no spaCy. Zero heavy dependencies.

article-extractor

Pure-Python article extraction library and HTTP API - Extract clean content from web pages as Markdown or HTML

jreadability

Text readability calculator for Japanese learners 🇯🇵

fart

you cannot fart without art

smoothtext

A Python library for readability and textual metrics analysis, supporting multiple languages.

new-dale-chall-readability

Implements the New Dale-Chall readability formula. Its output is tested against samples from the original publication.

textstat-py

Pure-Python text analysis: readability, vocabulary richness, sentiment, n-grams

pystylometry

Comprehensive Python toolkit for stylometry

dyslexic-readability

A readability scoring library tailored to the specific needs of Turkish dyslexic readers.

wanish

Open Source implementation of Summly

scireadability

Assess readability and statistics of texts, enhanced for scientific and technical work. For anyone publishing scientific work, including researchers and science communication professionals.

django-better-repr

Human readable __repr__ for Django models

pypely

From local functions to cloud deployed pipelines

hindi-readability

First practical Python implementation of Devanagari-aware Hindi text readability scoring. Pearson r=0.81 · 49-sentence corpus · 3 original formulas · Zero dependencies

repr-utils

Contains common elements that when displayed will adhere to the correct format (e.g markdown, latex, html, text) in tools like jupyter notebooks