Virtaal

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#100 of 156

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Score

6.2

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Virtaal, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Virtaal's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Virtaal	Free	Version 1.0.0-beta3

Each one read from Virtaal's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Binary signing: The Windows and macOS binaries are currently unsigned, and the site says Gatekeeper or SmartScreen will warn on first launch.checked 12 Oct 2026
Current release: The download page identifies 1.0.0-beta3 as the latest version and offers a Windows installer and macOS disk image.checked 12 Oct 2026
Formats: It supports PO, XLIFF, TMX, TBX, Qt Linguist, Fluent, and compiled Gettext MO catalogs through the Translate Toolkit.checked 12 Oct 2026
Glossary tools: Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
Integrations: The Translate Toolkit provides Virtaal’s supported translation formats.checked 12 Oct 2026
Purpose: Virtaal is a translation tool designed to keep the interface out of the way so users can focus on translation.checked 12 Oct 2026
Quality checks: Quality checks identify common issues such as mismatched variables, punctuation, and accidentally translated placeables.checked 12 Oct 2026
Release status: The download page says Virtaal is under active development again as a Python 3 and GTK3 port.checked 12 Oct 2026
Terminology: Terminology assistance surfaces consistent terms while users translate.checked 12 Oct 2026
Translation memory: Built-in translation memory suggests users’ past translations and can draw on memory from other projects.checked 12 Oct 2026
Workflow: Users can navigate, search, and manage translation states with a keyboard-driven workflow.checked 12 Oct 2026

Maker background: Translate House says it grew out of Translate.org.za, a South African nonprofit that pioneered community localization of Firefox and OpenOffice.org into South Africa’s 11 official languages.checked 12 Oct 2026

Platforms: The site says Virtaal runs on Linux, Windows, and macOS with the same feature set on each.checked 12 Oct 2026