GLIN PROFANITY

ML-Powered Profanity Detection for the Modern Web

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📦 Packages

This monorepo maintains the following packages:

Package	Version	Description
glin-profanity		Core profanity filter for JavaScript/TypeScript
glin-profanity		Core profanity filter for Python
glin-profanity-mcp		MCP server for AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, etc.)
openclaw-profanity		Plugin for OpenClaw/Moltbot AI agents

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Why Glin Profanity?

Most profanity filters are trivially bypassed. Users type f*ck, sh1t, or fսck (with Cyrillic characters) and walk right through. Glin Profanity doesn't just check against a word list—it understands evasion tactics.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                           GLIN PROFANITY v3                                 │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                             │
│   Input Text ──►  Unicode       ──►  Leetspeak    ──►  Dictionary  ──► ML  │
│                   Normalization      Detection         Matching        Check│
│                   (homoglyphs)       (f4ck→fuck)       (23 langs)     (opt) │
│                                                                             │
│   "fսck"     ──►  "fuck"        ──►  "fuck"       ──►  MATCH       ──► ✓   │
│                                                                             │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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Performance Benchmarks

Tested on Node.js 20, M1 MacBook Pro, single-threaded:

Operation	Glin Profanity	bad-words	leo-profanity	obscenity
Simple check	21M ops/sec	890K ops/sec	1.2M ops/sec	650K ops/sec
With leetspeak	8.5M ops/sec	N/A	N/A	N/A
Multi-language (3)	18M ops/sec	N/A	400K ops/sec	N/A
Unicode normalization	15M ops/sec	N/A	N/A	N/A

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Feature Comparison

Feature	Glin Profanity	bad-words	leo-profanity	obscenity
Leetspeak detection (f4ck, sh1t)	Yes	No	No	Partial
Unicode homoglyph detection	Yes	No	No	No
ML toxicity detection	Yes (TensorFlow.js)	No	No	No
Multi-language support	23 languages	English only	14 languages	English only
Result caching (LRU)	Yes	No	No	No
Severity levels	Yes	No	No	No
React hook	Yes	No	No	No
Python package	Yes	No	No	No
TypeScript types	Full	Partial	Partial	Full
Bundle size (minified)	12KB + dictionaries	8KB	15KB	6KB
Active maintenance	Yes	Limited	Limited	Limited

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Installation

JavaScript/TypeScript

npm install glin-profanity

Python

pip install glin-profanity

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Quick Start

JavaScript

import { checkProfanity, Filter } from 'glin-profanity';

// Simple check
const result = checkProfanity("This is f4ck1ng bad", {
  detectLeetspeak: true,
  languages: ['english']
});

result.containsProfanity  // true
result.profaneWords       // ['fucking']

// With replacement
const filter = new Filter({
  replaceWith: '***',
  detectLeetspeak: true
});
filter.checkProfanity("sh1t happens").processedText  // "*** happens"

Python

from glin_profanity import Filter

filter = Filter({"languages": ["english"], "replace_with": "***"})

filter.is_profane("damn this")           # True
filter.check_profanity("damn this")      # Full result object

React

import { useProfanityChecker } from 'glin-profanity';

function ChatInput() {
  const { result, checkText } = useProfanityChecker({
    detectLeetspeak: true
  });

  return (
    <input onChange={(e) => checkText(e.target.value)} />
    {result?.containsProfanity && <span>Clean up your language</span>}
  );
}

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Architecture

flowchart LR
    subgraph Input
        A[Raw Text]
    end

    subgraph Processing
        B[Unicode Normalizer]
        C[Leetspeak Decoder]
        D[Word Tokenizer]
    end

    subgraph Detection
        E[Dictionary Matcher]
        F[Fuzzy Matcher]
        G[ML Toxicity Model]
    end

    subgraph Output
        H[Result Object]
    end

    A --> B --> C --> D
    D --> E --> H
    D --> F --> H
    D -.->|Optional| G -.-> H

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Detection Capabilities

Leetspeak Detection

const filter = new Filter({
  detectLeetspeak: true,
  leetspeakLevel: 'aggressive'  // basic | moderate | aggressive
});

filter.isProfane('f4ck');     // true
filter.isProfane('5h1t');     // true
filter.isProfane('@$$');      // true
filter.isProfane('ph.u" "ck'); // true (aggressive mode)

Unicode Homoglyph Detection

const filter = new Filter({ normalizeUnicode: true });

filter.isProfane('fսck');   // true (Armenian 'ս' → 'u')
filter.isProfane('shіt');   // true (Cyrillic 'і' → 'i')
filter.isProfane('ƒuck');   // true (Latin 'ƒ' → 'f')

ML-Powered Detection

import { loadToxicityModel, checkToxicity } from 'glin-profanity/ml';

await loadToxicityModel({ threshold: 0.9 });

const result = await checkToxicity("You're the worst player ever");
// { toxic: true, categories: { toxicity: 0.92, insult: 0.87, ... } }

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Supported Languages

23 languages with curated dictionaries:

Arabic	Chinese	Czech	Danish
Dutch	English	Esperanto	Finnish
French	German	Hindi	Hungarian
Italian	Japanese	Korean	Norwegian
Persian	Polish	Portuguese	Russian
Spanish	Swedish	Thai	Turkish

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Documentation

Document	Description
Getting Started	Installation and basic usage
API Reference	Complete API documentation
Framework Examples	React, Vue, Angular, Express, Next.js
Advanced Features	Leetspeak, Unicode, ML, caching
ML Guide	TensorFlow.js integration
Changelog	Version history

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Local Testing Interface

Run the interactive playground locally to test profanity detection:

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/GLINCKER/glin-profanity.git
cd glin-profanity/packages/js

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start the local testing server
npm run dev:playground

Open http://localhost:4000 to access the testing interface with:

• Real-time profanity detection
• Toggle leetspeak, Unicode normalization, ML detection
• Multi-language selection
• Visual results with severity indicators

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Use Cases

Application	How Glin Profanity Helps
Chat platforms	Real-time message filtering with React hook
Gaming	Detect obfuscated profanity in player names/chat
Social media	Scale moderation with ML-powered detection
Education	Maintain safe learning environments
Enterprise	Filter internal communications
AI/ML pipelines	Clean training data before model ingestion

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MCP Server for AI Assistants

Glin Profanity includes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables AI assistants like Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and other MCP-compatible tools to use profanity detection as a native tool.

Quick Setup

Claude Desktop (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glin-profanity": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "glin-profanity-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glin-profanity": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "glin-profanity-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools (19)

Tool	Description
check_profanity	Check text for profanity with detailed results
censor_text	Censor profanity with configurable replacement
analyze_context	Context-aware analysis with domain whitelists
batch_check	Check multiple texts in one operation
validate_content	Content validation with safety scoring (0-100)
detect_obfuscation	Detect leetspeak and Unicode tricks
get_supported_languages	List all 24 supported languages
explain_match	Explain why text was flagged with reasoning
suggest_alternatives	Suggest clean alternatives for profane content
analyze_corpus	Analyze up to 500 texts for moderation stats
compare_strictness	Compare results across strictness levels
create_regex_pattern	Generate regex patterns for custom detection
track_user_message	Track user messages for repeat offender detection
get_user_profile	Get moderation profile for a specific user
get_high_risk_users	List users with high violation rates
reset_user_profile	Reset a user's moderation history
stream_check	Real-time streaming profanity check
stream_batch	Stream multiple texts with live results
get_stream_stats	Get streaming session statistics

Plus 4 workflow prompts and 5 reference resources for guided AI interactions.

Example Prompts for AI Assistants

"Check this user comment for profanity using glin-profanity"
"Validate this blog post content with high strictness"
"Batch check these 50 messages for any inappropriate content"
"Analyze this medical text with the medical domain context"

See the full MCP documentation for setup instructions and examples.

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Roadmap

See our ROADMAP.md for planned features including:

• Streaming support for real-time chat
• OpenAI function calling integration
• Image OCR for profanity in images
• Edge deployment (Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge)
• More framework integrations

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License

MIT License - free for personal and commercial use.

Enterprise licensing with SLA and support available from GLINCKER.

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Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines. We welcome:

• Bug reports and fixes
• New language dictionaries
• Performance improvements
• Documentation updates

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Star History

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Live Demo · NPM · PyPI · GitHub

_{Built by GLINCKER · Part of the GLINR ecosystem}