UI tweaks / Match Percentages

modules/render.py

@@ -12,15 +12,9 @@ def html(page, json):
 
     # This function adds a rendering of the json into the page
 
-    # TODO: Add a more complex algorithm of checking if software is
-    # free or not. There are plenty of semi-free software like
-    # Unreal Engine. They have licenses but they do not give the users
-    # the four essential freedoms.
     
-    free = False
-    if "licenses" in json and json["licenses"]:
-        free = True
-
+    
+    free = search.is_free(json)
     
 
     page = page + "\n <h1>"
@@ -117,16 +111,20 @@ def suggestions(page, json):
     page = page + "<h1>Free Competitors:</h1>"
     
     found = search.suggest(json)
+
+    biggest = 0
+    for i in found:
+        if i[0] > biggest:
+            biggest = i[0]
     
     for i in found:
-        
-        free = False
-        if "licenses" in i[-1] and i[-1]["licenses"]:
-            free = True
+
+        free = search.is_free(i[-1])
     
         if not i[0] or i[-1] == json or not free:
             continue
-        #page = page + "<br><br>"
+
+        page = page + "<hr><br>Features match: " + str(int(i[0]/biggest*100)) + "%"
         page = html(page, i[-1])
 
     return page

modules/search.py

@@ -48,12 +48,15 @@ def search_app(name):
     if closest:
         return closest, match
 
+    match = 0
+    closest = {}
+
     # Round 2. By Generic name
 
     for i in all_apps:
         for n in i.get("generic_name",[]):
             m =  similar(n.lower(), name.lower())
-            if m > match:
+            if m > match and is_free(i):
                 closest = i
                 match = m
 
@@ -97,3 +100,15 @@ def suggest(json_data):
         fount = []
 
     return found
+
+def is_free(data):
+
+    # TODO: Add a more complex algorithm of checking if software is
+    # free or not. There are plenty of semi-free software like
+    # Unreal Engine. They have licenses but they do not give the users
+    # the four essential freedoms.
+    
+    free = False
+    if "licenses" in data and data["licenses"]:
+        free = True
+    return free

server.py

@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ class handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
 
             # If the user is at the front page, let him get only the search bar
 
-            page = ""
+            page = "<center><br><br><br><h1>Free Competitors</h1>"
             page = render.search_widget(page)
-            page = page + "<p>Please search for any software to which you would like to find a Free Software replacement.</p>"            
+            page = page + "<p>Please search for any software to which you would like to find a Free Software replacement.</p></center>"            
             page = render.source_code_link(page)
             self.send(page)
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             software_data, match = search.search_app(software)
             
             page = render.search_widget("")
-            page = page +"Match: "+ str(match*100)+"%"
+            page = page +"Search match: "+ str(int(match*100))+"%"
             # Let's add the found software to the page
             page = render.html(page, software_data)
             page = render.suggestions(page, software_data)