reBabel

reBabel is a desktop application built with Electron.js that helps linguists convert between language data file formats they use in their research. The application uses the rebabel-format package to convert between file formats like ELAN, flextext, and CoNLL-U. Details about the application's architecture can be found in the docs folder.

Run in Development Mode

1. Clone the repository from GitHub:
   • git clone https://github.com/ElizabethThorner/FrontEndRebabel.git
2. Install the necessary Node.js packages for reBabel:
   • npm install
3. Generate the rebabel_convert executable:
   • npm run rebabel_convert
4. Start the application in development mode:
   • npm run start

Troubleshooting

• Issues with the virtual environment
  • If your virtual environment is corrupted, you may need to manually delete the rebabel_scripts/.venv folder and run npm run rebabel_convert to create a new one
• Issues with the rebabel_convert executable
  • Follow the instructions in rebabel_scripts/README.md to generate the rebabel_convert executable manually

Installation

The installation package files can be found on the GitHub Releases page.

• Mac

  • zip folder

reBabel.Install.MacOS.mov

• Linux (Debian-based distributions only)

  • .deb package

Ubuntu.reBabel.Install.mov

• Windows

  • .Setup.exe

reBabel.Install.Windows.mp4

Contributing

Please see the Issues page of this repo for ideas about improving reBabel.

License

reBabel is licensed under the MIT license