v1.5.0

amirivojdan/shekarv1.5.0Mar 12, 2026by amirivojdan

AI Summary

A feature release introducing a web UI, dependency parser, TextRank keyword extraction, and enhanced spacing normalization.

Key Highlights

Interactive Web UI launched via `shekar serve` command.
Added a new dependency parser module for syntactic analysis.
TextRank is now available as a keyword extraction method.
Enhanced Spacing Normalizer now handles attached plurals and superlatives.

New Features

Interactive Web UI (`shekar serve`)
Dependency Parser module
TextRank keyword extraction
Enhanced Spacing Normalizer

Full Release Notes

# What's New in v1.5.0

This release introduces new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to Shekar's Persian text processing toolkit.

## Highlights

- **Web UI for Easy Experimentation** – launch an interactive interface with a single command: `shekar serve -p 8080`. Explore and test Shekar's features without writing any code.
- **Dependency Parser** – added a new dependency parser module for syntactic analysis of Persian sentences.
- **TextRank Keyword Extraction** – TextRank is now available as a keyword extraction method alongside the existing options.
- **Enhanced Spacing Normalizer** – now correctly normalizes attached plurals and superlatives (e.g., `آدم‌ها` → `آدمها`, `نازک‌ترین` → `نازکترین`).

![Shekar WebUI Demo](https://github.com/amirivojdan/shekar/blob/d5d34f6fdfce6075224d70818eb508268fa6ed49/assets/webui-demo.gif)

## Bug Fixes

- Fixed a bug in the stemmer.
- Fixed a bug in RAKE keyword extraction.
- Fixed a bug in `PunctuationSpacingNormalizer`.