Lucene Stemmers in JavaScript

Lucene Stemmers is a port of Lucene's stemmers in JavaScript.

Table of contents

• Changelog
• Install
• Usage
• Stemmers implemented
• TODO

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md

Install

npm install lucene-stemmers

Usage

In plain JavaScript:

const { stemFrenchMinimal } = require("lucene-stemmers");

const stemmed = stemFrenchMinimal("chevaux");
// stemmed === "cheval"

In Typescript:

import { stemFrenchMinimal } from "lucene-stemmers";

const stemmed = stemFrenchMinimal("chevaux");
// stemmed === "cheval"

Stemmers implemented

These stemmers are available:

• French
  • Minimal
    • Function: stemFrenchMinimal
    • Lucene source code
  • Light
    • Function: stemFrenchLight
    • Lucene source code
• Italian
  • Light
    • Function: stemItalianLight
    • Lucene source code

TODO

• Add why
• Add more stemmers
• Publish browser version
• CI