What is text-prep-lite npm?
Lightweight text preprocessing utilities for NLP in TypeScript. The library is intentionally dependency-free and suitable for browsers, Node.js, and serverless environments. installation: npm install text-prep-lite # or yarn add text-prep-lite
Problem
Users need to preprocess text for NLP tasks using bulky libraries with dependencies, leading to compatibility issues in browsers, Node.js, and serverless environments and increased deployment complexity.
Solution
An npm package (lightweight text preprocessing utility) enabling developers to clean, normalize, and tokenize text with dependency-free TypeScript functions (e.g., `removeStopwords()`, `lemmatize()`).
Customers
JavaScript/TypeScript developers, NLP engineers, and data scientists building lightweight NLP applications for browsers or serverless edge computing.
Unique Features
Dependency-free design, browser/serverless compatibility, and tree-shaking-optimized functions (e.g., ~2KB minified code per utility).
Traction
Launched as open-source v0.1.0 in 2024, with 1.8K weekly npm downloads (as of June 2024) and 320+ GitHub repo stars.
Market Size
The global NLP market is projected to grow from $20.3B in 2023 to $112.3B by 2030 (CAGR 27.6%), with 75% of enterprises adopting lightweight NLP tools for edge deployments (Gartner 2024).
