FriBidi is the free Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.
One of the missing links stopping the penetration of free software in Middle East is the lack of support for the Arabic and Hebrew alphabets. In order to have proper Arabic and Hebrew support, the bidi algorithm needs to be implemented. It is our hope that this library will stimulate more free software in the Middle Eastern countries.
FriBidi is being used in projects like Pango (resulting in GTK+ and GNOME using GNU FriBidi), AbiWord, MLTerm, MPlayer, BiCon, and vlc.
This is free and open source softrware.
Website: github.com/fribidi/fribidi
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Developer: Behdad Esfahbod, Dov Grobgeld, Roozbeh Pournader, Khaled Hosny
License: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
FriBidi is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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