Show HN: Mojibake – a low-level Unicode library written in C

Show HN: Mojibake – a low-level Unicode library written in C(mojibake.zaerl.com)

32 points by program 3 hours ago | 6 comments

I've written Mojibake because I don't like the other Unicode libraries for Unicode support.

It consists of only two amalgamation files: mojibake.h and mojibake.c. I've added all the most important Unicode algorithms, such as normalization, case conversion, segmentation, bidirectional text, collation, confusable, and others.

I regularly test it in these OSes: Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and Windows 11.

You can find a WASM demo on that site of all the public API functions and the documentation. If you want to participate, feel free to do it. Any kind of help is welcome. Check the CONTRIBUTING.md and API.md files in the GitHub repository for instructions on how to do it.

lifthrasiir 57 minutes ago |

How does it compare with utf8proc [1]? I'm aware that Mojibake does a bit more than utf8proc (e.g. bi-di) but that seems marginal to me.

[1] https://juliastrings.github.io/utf8proc/

CharlesW 41 minutes ago |

Not to bikeshed, but isn't the word "mojibake" synonymous with "when character encoding breaks"?

digg99 1 hour ago |

Love the amalgamation approach—the C/C++ ecosystem desperately needs cleaner, lightweight Unicode support without pulling in massive dependencies... thanks for sharing

tjwebbnorfolk 53 minutes ago |

what's performance like compared to python ftfy module?

avadodin 1 hour ago |

I have come to the conclusion that the only Unicode support needed in C is supporting pointers to char and arrays but lightweight C libraries are always welcome.

adrianN 46 minutes ago | |

I guess you never have to deal with text if you think that’s enough? What kind of software do you write in C?