In this post, I collect some interesting resources to translate and localize software.
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Localization software
| Software | FLOSS | Repo | SaaS | Web | Desktoop | Fremium | Technology | Comments |
| Crowdin | No | – | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | – | Integrations, CDN, public projects. |
| GlotPress | Yes | GitHub | No | Yes | No | No | PHP, MySQL | Used at https://translate.wordpress.org and at https://translate.wordpress.com |
| matecat | Yes | GitHub | Yes | Yes | No | No | PHP, MySQL | They have the Translated service provider |
| Mozilla Pontoon | Yes | GitHub | No | Yes | No | No | Python, PostgreSQL | Used by Mozilla. See an example. Localization best practices for developers. Tour. |
| POEditor | No | – | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | – | |
| Pootle | Yes | GitHub | No | Yes | No | No | Python, MySQL or PostgreSQL | Unsupported? |
| Texterify | Yes | GitHub | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | RoR, PostgreSQL | |
| translate5 | Yes | GitHub | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | PHP, MySQL | |
| transifex | No | – | Yes | Yes | No | No | – | |
| Tolgee | Yes | GitHub | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Java, Kotlin, PostgreSQL | |
| TranslationsPress | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | – | Runs the WP-translations service. It uses GlotPress. |
| Weblate | Yes | GitHub | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Python, PostgreSQL |
Language services provider
Translation plugins for web browsers
Translation plugins for editors
- LanguageTool Extension for Visual Studio Code (unsupported).