# Install freeling with Homebrew, MacPorts Suite of language analyzers. Version 4.2.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:freeling ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install freeling ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install freeling ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/freeling/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:freeling - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.2.1 - **Source summary:** Suite of language analyzers - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** AGPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - analyzer (cli) - analyzer_client (cli) - convert_model (cli) - threaded_analyzer (cli) - treeler (cli) - analyzer (alias) - analyzer_client (alias) - convert_model (alias) - threaded_analyzer (alias) - treeler (alias) ## Dependencies - boost - dynet - icu4c@78 ## Build dependencies - cmake ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.2.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/TALP-UPC/FreeLing - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage FreeLing is an open source language-analysis suite from the TALP Research Center at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. It is a C++ library with command-line front ends for morphological analysis, named entity detection, part-of-speech tagging, parsing, word-sense disambiguation, semantic-role labeling, and related NLP tasks. ### Project history The official FreeLing page says the project was created and led by Lluis Padro to make UPC natural-language-processing research available to the community. The project grew into a multilingual library and command-line toolkit, with official documentation for developers and non-developer users. ### Adoption history FreeLing is more common in research and NLP toolchain packaging than in general-purpose system distributions. The supplied package facts list Homebrew and MacPorts, while the official project distributes source through GitHub and publishes user documentation for installation, modules, configuration files, and the analyzer front end. ### How it is used Users run analyzer or threaded_analyzer for text analysis and use configuration files under the FreeLing data/config tree to choose language resources and output formats such as XML, JSON, or CoNLL. Developers link the C++ library modules directly and consult the technical reference manual. ### Why package nerds care FreeLing is a science-package example where code and linguistic data are inseparable. Packagers must install binaries, C++ libraries, model data, language-specific resources, and configuration files in paths that let the analyzer find the right data without manual environment surgery. ### Timeline - Pre-2016: FreeLing was developed at UPC/TALP as an open source NLP suite. - 2016: GitHub releases list FreeLing 4.0. - 2018: GitHub releases list FreeLing 4.1. - 2020: GitHub releases list FreeLing 4.2. - 2020s: The Read the Docs user manual documents current installation, modules, configuration, and analyzer usage. ### Related projects - The official site links FreeLing to TALP Research Center, UPC, its technical reference manual, online demo, linguistic data, and community contributions. Related package-level tools in the same source tree include analyzer, analyzer_client, crfsuite, and treeler. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ${FREELINGDIR}/share/freeling/config/*.cfg - Windows: %FREELINGDIR%\share\freeling\config\*.cfg ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** freeling - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 13 - **Conflicts With:** crfsuite, foma, hunspell - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** yes - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - freeling: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/freeling/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [sfst](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sfst/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-plus-plus, cli, morphology, natural-language-processing, nlp. - [juman](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/juman/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, natural-language-processing, nlp, science. - [jumanpp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jumanpp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, natural-language-processing, nlp, science. - [kytea](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kytea/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, natural-language-processing, nlp, science. - [link-grammar](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/link-grammar/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, natural-language-processing, science. - [biosig](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/biosig/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-plus-plus, cli, science. - [ccfits](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ccfits/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-plus-plus, cli, science. - [clhep](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clhep/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-plus-plus, cli, science. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/freeling.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/freeling.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph