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Abdul Rasak VAuthor
2026-04-08 announcementsWelcome to TopKerala.in Community!
We're excited to launch the Digital Kerala community — a space for developers, designers, and tech enthusiasts connected to Kerala. Share your projects, discuss ideas, and collaborate on open-source tools that celebrate Kerala's culture and technology.

Abdul Rasak VAuthor
2026-04-07 project showcaseMalayalam NLP Toolkit v2.0 Released
The Malayalam NLP Toolkit has been updated with improved tokenization, better POS tagging accuracy (92% on benchmark), and new sentiment analysis for social media text. Looking for contributors to help with named entity recognition for Kerala place names.
gamingBuilding a Vallam Kali game with Three.js — devlog
Started building a 3D version of the Vallam Kali browser game using Three.js and React Three Fiber. The water physics are tricky but looking great. Will share the repo soon. Anyone interested in contributing boat models or backwater environment assets?
malayalam techBest practices for Malayalam font rendering on the web
After months of testing, here are my findings on rendering Malayalam text correctly across browsers: 1) Use Manjari or Rachana for body text, 2) Set proper line-height (1.8-2.0), 3) Use font-feature-settings for proper conjunct rendering. Full write-up coming to the Malayalam Typography repo.

Abdul Rasak VAuthor
2026-04-04 project showcaseKerala Tourism Explorer now has AI itinerary planning
Just pushed a major update to the Kerala Tourism Explorer — it now uses RAG over curated travel data to generate personalized itineraries. Ask it things like 'plan a 5-day trip covering backwaters and hill stations' and it creates a detailed day-by-day plan with estimated costs.
developersLooking for React Native devs for Kerala-themed app
I'm building a React Native app that showcases Kerala's festivals with AR features — imagine pointing your phone at a poster and seeing a Theyyam performance come alive. Need help with the ARKit/ARCore integration. DM if interested!
malayalam techHow I built an OCR system for old Malayalam manuscripts
Kerala's libraries have thousands of palm leaf manuscripts that are deteriorating. I fine-tuned a vision transformer on 5000 labeled images of old Malayalam script. The model now achieves 87% character accuracy on manuscripts from the 16th century. The model weights are open-source.
developersKathakali-inspired CSS color system — feedback wanted
Created a CSS color system based on Kathakali face paint colors — Pachcha (green/noble), Kathi (green+red/anti-hero), Thaadi (red/demonic), Minukku (satin/feminine), Kari (black/forest). Each maps to semantic design tokens. Would love feedback before publishing as an npm package.
gamingParallax Boat Game — high scores thread
Post your high scores from the Parallax Boat Game! My best is 4,250 navigating through the Alleppey backwaters level. The palm tree dodging section is brutal. Who's beaten 5k?

Abdul Rasak VAuthor
2026-03-28 announcementsNew contributors guide — how to add your Kerala project
Want to add your Kerala-related project to TopKerala.in? Here's how: 1) Sign in with GitHub, 2) Go to Projects → Submit Project, 3) Add your repo URL and description, 4) Wait for admin approval. We accept any open-source project related to Kerala, Malayalam, or Indian culture!