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Weblate

Open source localization for software teams, translators, and community contributors.

Overview

Weblate connects software repositories with translators. It brings new strings into a shared workspace, then commits translation changes back to version control with contributor attribution. Weblate supports human, machine, or AI-assisted translation. Translators get context and checks, while review rules control which work reaches the repository.

Updated Nov 11, 2026

7 things

What Weblate has

For developers

Programmatic access to the product's data and features for developers.
Run the software on your own servers instead of the vendor's cloud.
A command-line interface that lets you run the tool from a terminal or scripts.

For teams

Shared workspaces where multiple users can collaborate on the same content. One of 5 Localization platforms with team accounts.

Hosting and storage

Vendor-provided online infrastructure for deploying and running software.
A vendor-operated service that runs and maintains software on its own infrastructure.

Support

Real people you can contact when you need help with the tool.

16 features

Key Features

Repository workflow
Bring new strings to translators and translations back to your repository. Keep localization evolving alongside your code.
Translation context
Give translators context, shared terminology, and quality checks so your users get a clearer, more consistent experience.
Hosting choice
Today, choose where your Weblate runs—and you can change that later. Use Hosted Weblate or your own infrastructure without changing your localization platform and workflows.
Source access
Inspect the source, review the development, and adapt Weblate to your needs. Have control over the software your localization depends on.
Translation platform
Give people a great experience in their own language. Weblate brings your team, community, and development workflow together to deliver quality translations—with or without AI.
Repository sync
Weblate works with a local repository and commits translation changes back to version control. Keep your existing branches, translation files, and code hosting service, with attribution for contributors.
Glossaries and memory
Help translators understand what your users will see. Screenshots, nearby strings, and source references make meaning clearer. Shared glossaries keep terminology consistent, while translation memory helps your team reuse previous work.
Quality check
Catch problems with customizable quality checks, discuss unclear wording, and review contributions before considering them finished. Your team can improve the source text as well as its translations.
Human translations
Translate entirely with people, or bring in machine translation and AI where they help. Your team chooses the tools, the review process, and what reaches your repository.
Translation suggestions
Offer optional machine translation or large language model (LLM) results in the editor. Translators choose what to use, edit it, and decide what to save.
Draft translations
Generate translations for people to improve, or mark them as unfinished drafts. Choose whether drafts can reach your repository while editing is still in progress.
Approved commits
Combine translation review with an approved-only commit policy. People can edit generated translations in Weblate, while only reviewer-approved translations reach your repository.
Localization platform
Bring your software to more people with Weblate, the privacy-respecting, open source localization platform. Connect your repository and deliver quality translations—with or without AI integration.
Translation workflow
Give people a great experience in their own language. Weblate brings your team, community, and development workflow together to deliver quality translations—with or without AI.
Suggestion approval
Keep generated text as suggestions for people to check. With automatic acceptance disabled, suggestions only become translations when a person accepts or edits them.
Translation evaluation
Optionally use an LLM to flag accuracy, fluency, terminology, style, and formatting issues. Evaluation adds findings; it does not approve translations or replace human review.

Pros and cons

Pros

You can use hosted Weblate or run it on your own infrastructure without changing workflows.
Optional expert support is available when you self-host.
Colleagues, translators, and contributors get a shared place to work, with roles and discussions about wording.

You?

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Featured Video

See Weblate at work before you try it.

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6 questions

FAQs

What does Weblate do?

Weblate localizes software by connecting a repository with translators and sending translation changes back to version control.

Is Weblate open source?

Yes. Weblate is an open source localization platform whose source you can inspect and adapt.

Can Weblate be self-hosted?

Yes. You can self-host Weblate with optional expert support, or let its team run the hosted service.

Does Weblate support AI translation?

Yes. AI and machine translation are optional, and people choose what to edit, accept, approve, and save.

Does Weblate have an API?

Yes. The API can import and export translations and connect other tools. Add-ons automate recurring tasks.

Who is Weblate for?

Weblate is for software teams working with colleagues, professional translators, or community contributors on localization.

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7 things

What Weblate has

For developers

Programmatic access to the product's data and features for developers.
Run the software on your own servers instead of the vendor's cloud.
A command-line interface that lets you run the tool from a terminal or scripts.

For teams

Shared workspaces where multiple users can collaborate on the same content. One of 5 Localization platforms with team accounts.

Hosting and storage

Vendor-provided online infrastructure for deploying and running software.
A vendor-operated service that runs and maintains software on its own infrastructure.

Support

Real people you can contact when you need help with the tool.

16 features

Key Features

Repository workflow
Bring new strings to translators and translations back to your repository. Keep localization evolving alongside your code.
Translation context
Give translators context, shared terminology, and quality checks so your users get a clearer, more consistent experience.
Hosting choice
Today, choose where your Weblate runs—and you can change that later. Use Hosted Weblate or your own infrastructure without changing your localization platform and workflows.
Source access
Inspect the source, review the development, and adapt Weblate to your needs. Have control over the software your localization depends on.
Translation platform
Give people a great experience in their own language. Weblate brings your team, community, and development workflow together to deliver quality translations—with or without AI.
Repository sync
Weblate works with a local repository and commits translation changes back to version control. Keep your existing branches, translation files, and code hosting service, with attribution for contributors.
Glossaries and memory
Help translators understand what your users will see. Screenshots, nearby strings, and source references make meaning clearer. Shared glossaries keep terminology consistent, while translation memory helps your team reuse previous work.
Quality check
Catch problems with customizable quality checks, discuss unclear wording, and review contributions before considering them finished. Your team can improve the source text as well as its translations.
Human translations
Translate entirely with people, or bring in machine translation and AI where they help. Your team chooses the tools, the review process, and what reaches your repository.
Translation suggestions
Offer optional machine translation or large language model (LLM) results in the editor. Translators choose what to use, edit it, and decide what to save.
Draft translations
Generate translations for people to improve, or mark them as unfinished drafts. Choose whether drafts can reach your repository while editing is still in progress.
Approved commits
Combine translation review with an approved-only commit policy. People can edit generated translations in Weblate, while only reviewer-approved translations reach your repository.
Localization platform
Bring your software to more people with Weblate, the privacy-respecting, open source localization platform. Connect your repository and deliver quality translations—with or without AI integration.
Translation workflow
Give people a great experience in their own language. Weblate brings your team, community, and development workflow together to deliver quality translations—with or without AI.
Suggestion approval
Keep generated text as suggestions for people to check. With automatic acceptance disabled, suggestions only become translations when a person accepts or edits them.
Translation evaluation
Optionally use an LLM to flag accuracy, fluency, terminology, style, and formatting issues. Evaluation adds findings; it does not approve translations or replace human review.

Pros and cons

Pros

You can use hosted Weblate or run it on your own infrastructure without changing workflows.
Optional expert support is available when you self-host.
Colleagues, translators, and contributors get a shared place to work, with roles and discussions about wording.

You?

Be the first to rate Weblate

Your review helps others make better decisions. No account needed. Takes about 10 seconds.

Featured Video

See Weblate at work before you try it.

Watch on YouTube

6 questions

FAQs

What does Weblate do?

Weblate localizes software by connecting a repository with translators and sending translation changes back to version control.

Is Weblate open source?

Yes. Weblate is an open source localization platform whose source you can inspect and adapt.

Can Weblate be self-hosted?

Yes. You can self-host Weblate with optional expert support, or let its team run the hosted service.

Does Weblate support AI translation?

Yes. AI and machine translation are optional, and people choose what to edit, accept, approve, and save.

Does Weblate have an API?

Yes. The API can import and export translations and connect other tools. Add-ons automate recurring tasks.

Who is Weblate for?

Weblate is for software teams working with colleagues, professional translators, or community contributors on localization.

Weblate

Overview

What Weblate has

For developers

For teams

Hosting and storage

Support

Key Features

Repository workflow

Translation context

Hosting choice

Source access

Translation platform

Repository sync

Glossaries and memory

Quality check

Human translations

Translation suggestions

Draft translations

Approved commits

Localization platform

Translation workflow

Suggestion approval

Translation evaluation

Pros and cons

Pros

Be the first to rate Weblate

Featured Video

FAQs

What does Weblate do?

Is Weblate open source?

Can Weblate be self-hosted?

Does Weblate support AI translation?

Does Weblate have an API?

Who is Weblate for?

What Weblate has

For developers

For teams

Hosting and storage

Support

Key Features

Repository workflow

Translation context

Hosting choice

Source access

Translation platform

Repository sync

Glossaries and memory

Quality check

Human translations

Translation suggestions

Draft translations

Approved commits

Localization platform

Translation workflow

Suggestion approval

Translation evaluation

Pros and cons

Pros

Be the first to rate Weblate

Featured Video

FAQs

What does Weblate do?

Is Weblate open source?

Can Weblate be self-hosted?

Does Weblate support AI translation?

Does Weblate have an API?

Who is Weblate for?

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