Weblate
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Web-based continuous localization
How to Replace WeblateOverview
Features
35 features across 23 categories
AI(1)
Translations or suggestions can be done by machine translation services or AI
Analytics(1)
Reports are generated to provide info on project activity
Automation(2)
Automated localization workflow follows your project development closely
Propagation of translations across components
Collaboration(3)
All translators are properly credited in the version control system
Several options for translators to review contributions made by peers
All translations are tracked and can be commented
Compatibility(1)
Use any common file localization format, like gettext, JSON, XLIFF or resource strings, etc.
Customization(1)
Customize localization workflow with various add-ons
Data Management(2)
Built-in remote backups to prevent data loss
Translations can be downloaded for offline translation and merged back
Deployment(1)
Comes with appliances, ready to deploy in your cloud
Feedback(1)
Use Weblate to acquire feedback on source strings to improve them
Integration(4)
Native support for software development sites such as GitLab, GitHub, Pagure, Azure, Gitea, or Bitbucket
Integrate Weblate with third-party services
Automatic linking to source files
Talks directly with your version control system, currently Git and Mercurial are supported. Translations are managed within the same version control system as your code
Licensing(1)
Copylefted; use, see, modify and share at will, and with everyone
Localization(1)
Support for over 500 languages out of the box. Others can be added too
Marketing(1)
Built-in features to attract a wider audience for your translation project
Notifications(1)
Translators can be notified of new strings to translate or other events
Organization(2)
Categorize the translation files to ease navigation
Group variants of strings for easier translating
Productivity(3)
Use keyboard to effectively navigate while translating
Translators are provided detailed translation context, from translation files, or data enriched within Weblate including description, nearby strings, images, related source code and glossary entries
Reuse existing translations to save time and costs
Quality Assurance(2)
Proofread strings from developers before translating them
Customizable quality checks helps improve translation quality
Reference(1)
Define frequently used terminology for consistency
Security(1)
Fine-tune access rights to fit your environment
Support(1)
Comprehensive documentation covering both setup and use
User Experience(2)
Simple and clean user interface
User interface that works nicely on desktop, tablets and phones in both light and dark mode
Version Control(1)
Handle different translation versions by pushing them automatically to different branches
Pricing
Starter
- ✓10,000 hosted strings
- ✓Unlimited languages
- ✓Unlimited projects
- ✓Unlimited components
Professional
- ✓40,000 hosted strings
- ✓Unlimited languages
- ✓Unlimited projects
- ✓Unlimited components
Business
- ✓160,000 hosted strings
- ✓Unlimited languages
- ✓Unlimited projects
- ✓Unlimited components
Enterprise
- ✓640,000 hosted strings
- ✓Unlimited languages
- ✓Unlimited projects
- ✓Unlimited components
Large Enterprise
- ✓2,560,000 hosted strings
- ✓Unlimited languages
- ✓Unlimited projects
- ✓Unlimited components
Mega Enterprise
- ✓10,240,000 hosted strings
- ✓Unlimited languages
- ✓Unlimited projects
- ✓Unlimited components
Self-hosted
- ✓Unlimited hosted strings
- ✓Unlimited languages
- ✓Unlimited projects
- ✓Unlimited components
Libre Projects
- ✓160,000 hosted strings
- ✓Unlimited languages
- ✓1 project
- ✓Unlimited components
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Buying Weblate saves ~$20,040 over 3 years vs building.
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Integrations
8 known integrations