Native C99 — Lightning Fast

Tolkienizer

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$ brew install nnevskij/tap/tolkienizer
tolkienizer — zsh — 120×32
tolkienizer demo showing text transformation

"Not all those who wander are lost."

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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The Registers of Middle-earth

Each style captures a distinct voice from Tolkien's legendarium, transforming mundane words into mythic prose.

Epic High Fantasy
Original Text

"The database server crashed due to memory exhaustion"

Tolkienized

"The great engine of the data-vault hath fallen into darkness, brought low by the relentless tide of exhaustion."

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Powers of the Tolkienizer

Crafted with the precision of Elven smithwork and the raw might of Dwarven forges.

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Native C Performance

Built in clean C99 with libcurl and cJSON. Instant startup, minimal footprint — no heavy runtimes or interpreters needed.

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Multi-Language Lore

English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Auto-detect, or any custom language. Every tongue receives the gift of Tolkien's voice.

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Multi-Provider AI

OpenAI, Groq, Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama, or any custom endpoint. Choose the oracle that best suits your journey.

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Local & Offline via Ollama

Works 100% locally and offline with Ollama. Zero external requests, zero subscriptions, complete privacy in your own Shire.

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Zero Hardcoded Keys

Interactive terminal wizard, environment variables, or per-invocation flags. Configurations guarded with strict POSIX 0600 permissions.

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UNIX Pipeline Ready

Accepts text via stdin, files, or arguments. Pipe git diffs, commit logs, or server alerts directly into Tolkien prose.

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Homebrew Packaging

One command to install, one command to upgrade. Automatic dependency resolution on macOS and Linux.

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Four Tolkien Styles

Epic chronicles, cozy Shire tales, starlit Elven poetry, or the iron decrees of Mordor. Each a distinct voice from the legendarium.

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Custom System Prompts

Override any style with your own system prompt. Become the loremaster and shape the voice of transformation yourself.

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The Palantír of Prose

Gaze into the seeing-stone and witness your words transmuted into the language of Middle-earth.

The output of your transformation shall appear here, inscribed in the tongue of the Eldar...

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

— Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

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Begin Your Quest

Choose your path and install tolkienizer in seconds.

🍺 Homebrew (macOS & Linux)

The swiftest path — recommended for most travellers.

# Add the tap and install
brew tap nnevskij/tap
brew install tolkienizer

# Upgrade in the future
brew update && brew upgrade tolkienizer

🔨 Build from Source

For those who forge their own tools in the fires of craft.

git clone https://github.com/nnevskij/tolkienizer.git
cd tolkienizer

# Interactive installer
./install.sh

# Or standard Makefile
make && make install