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wit-ai/pywit

Python library for Wit.ai observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/wit-ai/pywit · Python · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

67/100

  • Activity 98
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4356
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 15
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1485 stars · 354 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

pywit is the official Python SDK for Wit.ai, Facebook's natural language processing platform. It provides a Wit client class for extracting intents and entities from text and audio via the Wit.ai HTTP API.

Use cases

  • extract intents and entities from user text with wit.ai
  • send a wav audio file to wit.ai speech api for transcription
  • build a python chatbot that understands natural language commands
  • run an interactive command-line conversation with a wit.ai bot
  • parse 'set an alarm tomorrow at 7am' style commands in python

When to choose

  • you already use Wit.ai and need a Python client
  • you want a thin, simple wrapper over the Wit.ai HTTP API
  • you need both text (message) and audio (speech) NLU in one SDK

When to avoid

  • you want a self-hosted NLU solution without a cloud dependency
  • you need a framework for building full conversational agents rather than an API client
  • you prefer on-device or offline speech recognition

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

nlp speech-recognition sdk http-client speech-processing artificial-intelligence developer-tools python cross-platform wit-ai intent-recognition chatbot-sdk api-client natural-language-processing

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Member repositories

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