puber – Text tools for publishers

puber is a lightweight toolkit for text normalization and preparation for publishing workflows.

The project is designed as a growing set of utilities for working with human-oriented text data.

At the moment, the package provides basic name normalization, but its functionality will be expanded with additional text processing tools in future releases.

pip install --upgrade puber

For development:

pip install -e .

If you primarily use puber as a command-line tool, it is best installed with pipx.
This isolates the package in its own virtual environment and avoids polluting your system Python:

pipx install --upgrade puber

After installation it will be available globally:

puber --help

• Python 3.9+
• macOS, Linux, or Windows

Currently available commands:

# Normalize as personal name
puber norm -n "Татьяна М. Иванова" # -> Иванова Т.М.

from puber import norm_name

print(norm_name("Татьяна М. Иванова"))  # -> Иванова Т.М.

The project includes an extensive automated test suite for text normalization.

Run tests from the project root:

pytest

For src-layout development:

pip install -e .
pytest

MIT License
(c) 2025 Timur Ulyahin
https://github.com/ucomru

GitHub:
https://github.com/ucomru/python-puber

PyPI:
https://pypi.org/project/puber/