Description
WP2TXT
WP2TXT is a handy tool that decompresses and converts Wikipedia dump files. These files are usually coded in XML and MediaWiki formats, plus they come bz2-compressed. With WP2TXT, you can easily turn these files into plain text.
Extracting Plain Text with Ease
This software extracts plain text data from Wikipedia dump files that are encoded in XML and compressed with Bzip2. One cool thing about WP2TXT is that it strips away all the MediaWiki markups and extra metadata, giving you just the content you want.
Perfect for Researchers and More!
Originally, WP2TXT was designed for researchers who need a straightforward way to get open-source multilingual corpora. But honestly, it's useful for anyone who wants to grab article text from Wikipedia without any fuss.
User-Friendly Interface
This tool is written in the Ruby programming language and has a user-friendly GUI built with wxRuby. You'll be happy to know that there are packages available for both Mac OS X and Windows users!
Open Source License
NOTE: WP2TXT is developed, licensed, and released under the terms of the MIT License, so you know it's open source!
If you're interested in trying out this great software, check out WP2TXT here!
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WP2TXT for Mac efficiently converts Wikipedia dump files into plain text, making it a valuable tool for researchers and anyone needing Wikipedia article text.