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Laren is an Arabizi-to-Arabic transliteration engine for Linux, built as an Fcitx5 input method. It's the open-source replacement for Microsoft Maren.

Type in Latin characters (Arabizi) anywhere on your system and get Arabic script suggestions in real-time.

salam → سلام     |  7abibi → حبيبي     |  3arab → عرب

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Pages

• Interactive Demo — Step-by-step visual walkthrough of how transliteration works
• How It Works — Architecture and transliteration pipeline
• Arabizi Mapping — Complete character mapping reference
• Installation — Install on any Linux distro
• Dictionary — How the 375k word dictionary works
• History & Learning — User preference tracking
• Contributing — How to contribute

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Quick Demo

Input:  "el7amdulellah"
Output: الحمدلله ✓

graph LR
    A["⌨️ Type: el7amdulellah"] --> B["🔄 Transliterate"]
    B --> C["📖 Dictionary Lookup"]
    C --> D["📋 Candidate List"]
    D --> E["✅ الحمدلله"]
    style A fill:#e1f5fe
    style E fill:#c8e6c9

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