Translate Toolkit
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Translate Toolkit, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Translate Toolkit's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Translate Toolkit | Free | Open-source localization toolkit · optional extras add format and feature support |
The facts
Each one read from Translate Toolkit's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Format conversion
- It converts among localization formats including PO, XLIFF, Android resources, Fluent, Qt TS, Markdown, and JSON.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Glossary tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Language awareness
- Checks account for language conventions such as capitalization, quotation marks, and punctuation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- Translate Toolkit is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Maintenance
- The project site says development is currently driven by the Weblate project and identifies Translate Toolkit as the actively maintained project in the Translate organization.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Translate Toolkit provides localization file conversion, quality checks, and automation through command-line tools and a Python library.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Python API
- The API provides functions, classes, and methods for programmatically building localization tools.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Python requirement
- The current project site says Translate Toolkit supports Python 3.11 and newer.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Quality checks
- Its checker includes more than 42 checks for issues such as missing variables, accelerator keys, escaping, capitalization, and XML.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support and contributions
- The project directs users to its issue tracker and contribution guide and provides a link for reporting vulnerabilities.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported audience
- The documentation is for users of the included tools and developers building new tools with the toolkit.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported environments
- The installation guide documents Windows installation and packaged installs for several Linux distributions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Terminology
- Tools can find conflicting translations and extract messages using text or regular expressions to locate terms affected by glossary changes.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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