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Word cloud generator for Rails

Is there a Ruby/Rails library that I can generate word clouds (output should be an image file) like in Wordle.net?

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Robert Avatar asked Mar 30 '11 21:03

Robert


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Why does it have to be a Ruby/Rails library?

You could use JQCloud, which is a nice JQuery plugin to build word and tag clouds.

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Pablo B. Avatar answered Oct 06 '22 00:10

Pablo B.


Have you looked at heatmap? There's also a nice blog post explaining it:

http://www.idolhands.com/ruby-on-rails/guides-tips-and-tutorials/creating-a-heatmap-or-tag-cloud-in-rails

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Michael Kohl Avatar answered Oct 06 '22 00:10

Michael Kohl