Awesome Arabic العربية

A curated list of amazingly awesome Arabic supporting tools, fonts, and development resources.

Programming Languages

Programming Language specific resources that support Arabic

C/C++

• libitl2 - A library for Islamic calendar and prayer times.
• [Qt]: ArabicNumberToWord, Convert numbers and amounts from numeric to Arabic words.

Go (Golang)

• goarabic - a Go Lang package for dealing with Arabic text.

Java

• NumberToArabicWords - Arabic numbers to words.
• RemoveTashkeel.java - Removes Arabic diacritics (tashkeel تشكيل) from any file almost instantly.

Javascript

• Typeahead.js
• Fix Arabic Numbers - Simple Moment.js style library that changes Arabic numbers (١٢٣...) into (123...)
• arabicString - A Javascript library that extends the native String object with methods to help when dealing with Arabic strings for node and the browser.
• Arli - JavaScript tools for an Arabic development.
• bidiweb - Determine the base direction of paragraphs and adjust them accordingly.
• Hijri.js - A tool for Hijri calender (based on Umm al-Qura calculations) in Javascript.
• jsastem - JavaScript Arabic Stemmer.
• moment-hijri - A Hijri calendar (based on Umm al-Qura calculations) plugin for moment.js.
• aln9 - A lightweight markup language designed for Arabic text.
• circular-arabic - Write Arabic words in a circle or arc using the Canvas element
• Oktob.js - Force typing in Arabic letters (ex: replaces "a" with "ض" for AZERTY keyboard scheme)

PHP

• Ar-PHP - A set of PHP classes developed to enhance Arabic web applications by providing set of tools includes stem-based searching, translitiration, soundex, Hijri calendar, charset detection and converter, spell numbers, keyboard language, Muslim prayer time, auto-summarization, and more...
• The PHP League Website in Arabic.
• arabicdatetime - Easy and useful tool to get arabic date with arabic characters for laravel 5.1.

Python

• ar2en - Renames Arabic files and directories into English recursively.
• Arabish - Arabic transliteration in Python. Similar to Yamli.com, Google Ta3reeb, and Microsoft Maren.
• date-extractor - Extracts dates from text in Arabic and other languages
• hijra - Hijri Islamic Calendar utils in python.
• PyArabic - Arabic text tools for Python.
• pyarabicshaping - Port of GNU FriBidi's Arabic shaping to Python.
• pyIslam - Python library to calculate prayer times, hijri date, qiblah direction and more.
• python-arabic-reshaper - Reconstruct Arabic sentences to be used in applications that don't support Arabic.
• Django with Arabic Settings

Ruby

• Manshar - Arabic social publishing platform.

Natural Language Processing

Tools that either are made for Arabic or support Arabic

• Apache Lucene Arabic Light Stemmer A lucene analyzer that implements light-stemming as specified by: Light Stemming for Arabic Information Retrieval.
• arabicstemmer - Snowball-based light stemmer algorithm for Arabic, aimed mainly to improve search.
• Khoja Stemmer - Shereen Khoja Arabic stemmer (java). Another implementation exists for the same algorithm (java as well).
• Mishkal - Arabic text vocalization software written in Python, website: http://tahadz.com/mishkal.
• Arabic-Conjugator - Conjugates MSA verbs given three root letters, verb form, tense, and pronoun.
• Qutrub - FOSS Arabic verbs conjugator
• YaraSpell - simplified Arabic spelling checker.
• Arabic NLP - Collection of various Arabic NLP and Text Processing Scripts and Utilities.
• arabic_nlp - Tools to normalise and derive sentiment from Arabic text.
• Minteeq - مِنطيق - Opensource/free Arabic text to speech solution based on eSpeak.
• Python NLTK
• Ruby-based nlp_arabic - A ruby gem that contains Natural Language Processing tools for Arabic.

CSS

CSS resources that support RTL languages

• Bootstrap 2.x & 3.x RTL.
• Bootstrap 3 RTL - RTL Theme for Bootstrap v3.x.
• Foundation 5 - A CSS framework that natively supports RTL layouts.
• bi-app-less - writing bi-directional stylesheets in less

Fonts

Modern arabic web fonts

• Frutiger Arabic
• Amiri Font - a classical Arabic typeface in Naskh style for typesetting books and other running text.
• Flat font - arabic font (Only Regular weight is available for free)..
• Jozoor font - Jozoor arabic font (Only Regular weight is available for free).
• sahl-naskh - A fork of Droid Arabic Naskh font fixing some of the issues in the original font.

Datasets

Open Arabic Datasets

• LABR - Large Scale Arabic Book Reviews Dataset.
• Large Arabic Resources For Sentiment Analysis.
• Arabic Stop Words - Long list of Arabic stop words combined from different sources.

Learning

Learning materials written for Arabic audiences

• Ar cheat-sheet - Git Cheat Sheet in Arabic.
• ArabicGit - Learn Git in Arabic.
• simple-guide - A simple guide in Arabic to get started using Git.
• ar-python - Learn Python in Arabic.
• Colors Lab - UX/UI philosophy in Arabic.
• Hsoub Academy - Hight quality tutorials about programing, DevOps, UX and Design, Freelancing...
• informatic-ar - Arabic content about programming concepts, algorithms, AI ..etc.
• Ruby 3arabi - Learn Ruby in Arabic.

Miscellaneous

A mix of awesome things

• Arabic Typography
• OpenMapTiles - world map tiles in Arabic
• Arabic-Webfonts - WordPress plugin which allow you to add Arabic fonts easily to any theme without coding.
• Simple Markdown Editor - Write Markdown in Arabic.

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