Alternatives to TranslateLocally
A machine translation app that runs translation models on your own device instead of a server. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
TranslateLocally
A machine translation app that runs translation models on your own device instead of a server.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as TranslateLocally.
Argos Translate
An open-source offline translation tool written in Python, usable from the command line.
Argos Translate is an MIT licensed offline translation tool usable from the command line or Python on Windows, macOS and Linux, rather than a browser extension.
Speech Note
A Linux app for offline speech-to-text, text-to-speech and machine translation using local models.
Speech Note is a Linux app that bundles offline machine translation with speech-to-text and text-to-speech, under MPL-2.0, but runs only on Linux and Sailfish OS.
Also worth comparing
These listings name TranslateLocally as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Dialect
An open-source translation app for the GNOME desktop that works with several translation services.
TranslateLocally runs translation models on your own device for privacy and ships as a browser extension, but it needs an SSE4.1 CPU and covers fewer language pairs.
LibreTranslate
An open-source machine translation API and web app that you can run on your own server.
TranslateLocally runs translation models on your own device through a desktop app and Chrome extension, but it is not open source and commercial extension use is not free.
Microsoft Translator
Microsoft's translation apps for text, speech, conversations, signs and documents, with offline language packs.
TranslateLocally runs translation entirely on your device for privacy, but has fewer language pairs and no speech or conversation mode.
Yandex Translate
Yandex's online machine translation service for text, documents and images.
TranslateLocally runs translation on your own device for privacy, but offers fewer language pairs and needs a CPU with SSE4.1 support.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Whisper
An open-source speech recognition model from OpenAI for transcribing and translating audio on your own machine.
Whishper
A self-hosted web app for transcribing, translating and editing subtitles locally with Whisper models.
Whisper-WebUI
A browser interface for generating subtitles and transcripts locally with Whisper speech recognition models.
