trafilatura Releases

This release focuses on refining metadata extraction, fixing XML output, and refactoring URL management to an external library.

Mar 30, 2023

Feb 17, 2023

Focuses on stability improvements including bug fixes, metadata detection enhancements, and better support for Python 3.11.

Jan 19, 2023

Improves extraction quality and XML output format while optimizing performance and adding utility functions.

Oct 18, 2022

Introduces a new utility function, boosts performance by 10-20%, and fixes memory leaks.

Jul 29, 2022

Refines extraction rules and improves metadata handling for better baseline performance.

May 18, 2022

Adds CLI control arguments for precision/recall, improves text cleaning for paywalls, and optimizes performance.

May 2, 2022

This release focuses on performance improvements through the replacement of the readability library with a trimmed fork, alongside various bug fixes and metadata enhancements.

Mar 7, 2022

The update improves encoding handling with NFC normalization and performance optimizations, while preparing for Python 3.11 and updating documentation.

Feb 21, 2022

A major version release introducing a graphical user interface, JSON feed support, and optional modules, while refactoring the codebase for Python 3.6+.

Nov 30, 2021

This release enhances encoding detection speed and accuracy, updates the justext library, and improves table and feed parsing capabilities.

Oct 21, 2021

The update introduces precision and recall-oriented presets, changes TXT output to Markdown, and improves authorship and date extraction.

Oct 6, 2021

This release focuses on stability and usability improvements, including better author extraction, CLI option normalization, and bug fixes.

Aug 2, 2021

The update introduces focused crawling functions with politeness rules and multi-threaded downloads, while removing support for older Python versions.

Jun 15, 2021

This release improves the handling of formatting, links, and images, and introduces title attributes in XML formats for better data structure.

Apr 21, 2021

Minimal release notes: "- extraction trade-off: slightly better recall - code robustness: requests, configuration and navigation - bugfixes: i"

Mar 11, 2021

This release improves link discovery and metadata extraction, but introduces a breaking change regarding how the extraction function determines the output format.

Feb 19, 2021

This release focuses on performance improvements, better feed and sitemap handling, and increased configuration flexibility.

Jan 4, 2021

Minimal release notes: "- added `bare_extraction` function returning Python variables - improved link discovery in feeds and sitemaps - option"

Dec 2, 2020

Minimal release notes: "- link discovery in sitemaps - compatibility with Python 3.9 - extraction coverage improved - deduplication now optio"

Nov 6, 2020