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Stanford NLP Group's implementation of a Named Entity Recognizer. Version 4.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.
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Package summary
Stanford NLP Group's implementation of a Named Entity Recognizer
Project links
Commands and aliases
- ner-gui.sh
- ner.sh
history
Project history and usage
Stanford NER is the Stanford NLP Group's Java implementation of a named entity recognizer and CRF sequence-modeling tool. It is distributed both as a standalone Stanford NLP tool and as part of CoreNLP.
Project history
The official documentation describes Stanford NER as a Java implementation of named entity recognition and notes that it is also known as CRFClassifier. The page credits the original CRF code to Jenny Finkel, feature extractors to Dan Klein, Christopher Manning, and Jenny Finkel, and cites the 2005 ACL paper by Jenny Rose Finkel, Trond Grenager, and Christopher Manning.
Adoption history
Stanford NER became package-manager relevant because it offered trained English models, a Java API, command-line scripts, and server usage from a single download. The official page lists wrappers or integrations for .NET, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and UIMA, showing how the Java tool was embedded in other language ecosystems.
How it is used
Command-line usage loads Stanford NER jars and classifier models, then runs Java classes such as `edu.stanford.nlp.ie.NERClassifierCombiner` against text files. The package also includes a GUI, batch files or shell scripts, server support, and Java demo code.
Why package nerds care
Package maintainers care about Stanford NER because it packages a classic NLP model workflow: Java bytecode, large serialized classifiers, shell scripts, and model selection. A good package hides classpath friction and makes older research software usable from modern CLI workflows.
Timeline
- 2005: Finkel, Grenager, and Manning publish the cited ACL paper for the model and software.
- 2011: Stanford NLP documentation advises using matching releases of the Java NLP tools from 2011 onward.
- 2020: CoreNLP docs continue to document Stanford NER as an additional tool and CoreNLP annotator.
Related projects
- Stanford NER is part of the broader Stanford JavaNLP/CoreNLP family and relates to CRFClassifier, Stanford POS Tagger, Stanford Parser, model jars, and language wrappers such as NLTK's Stanford NER interface.
Sources
- https://nlp.stanford.edu/software/CRF-NER.shtml: Stanford NLP software page with models and wrapper listings.
- https://stanfordnlp.github.io/CoreNLP/history.html: CoreNLP release context for Stanford JavaNLP tools.
- https://stanfordnlp.github.io/CoreNLP/tools_crf_ner.html: official NER overview, authorship, command-line/API/server notes, and citation.
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
ner-gui.sh | cli | global executable | |
ner.sh | cli | global executable |
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Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version4.2.0
manager updated2026-06-22
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upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://nlp.stanford.edu/software/CRF-NER.shtml
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://nlp.stanford.edu/software/CRF-NER.shtmlnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:stanford-ner |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.2.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/stanford-ner |
| Homepage | https://nlp.stanford.edu/software/CRF-NER.shtml |
| Repository | https://github.com/stanfordnlp/CoreNLP |
| Upstream docs | https://nlp.stanford.edu/software/CRF-NER.shtml |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://nlp.stanford.edu/software/stanford-ner-4.2.0.zip |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:06:23-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | openjdk |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | stanford-ner |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
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