Argos Translate
An open-source offline translation tool written in Python, usable from the command line.
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About Argos Translate
Argos Translate is an offline neural machine translation library written in Python. It downloads language packages and translates on your own machine, with no text sent to an online service. You can run it from the command line, use it with a desktop GUI, or import it in Python code. It also powers self-hosted translation servers such as LibreTranslate.
It suits people who want private, offline translation and developers who build translation into their own tools. Documentation is hosted on Read the Docs, and the package is published on PyPI.
Strengths
- Translates fully offline once language packages are installed
- Usable from the command line or from Python
- Serves as the engine behind LibreTranslate
Limitations
- Translation quality trails large online services for many language pairs
- Requires Python and downloading language packages
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- MIT
- Developer
- Argos Open Technologies
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Private, offline translation on your own computer
- Categories
- Local AI tools, AI writing
- Last verified
- Added
Alternatives to Argos Translate
Compare allSoftware that can replace Argos Translate for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
TranslateLocally
A machine translation app that runs translation models on your own device instead of a server.
TranslateLocally also translates offline on your own device, adding a desktop app and Chrome extension, but it needs an SSE4.1 CPU and commercial use of the extension is not free.
Speech Note
A Linux app for offline speech-to-text, text-to-speech and machine translation using local models.
Speech Note offers offline machine translation alongside speech recognition and synthesis in a Linux app, but it runs only on Linux and Sailfish OS.
Argos Translate as an alternative
Listings that name Argos Translate as an alternative.
DeepL
An AI translator and writing assistant for text, documents and speech, with desktop, mobile and browser apps.
Argos Translate is MIT-licensed and translates fully offline from the command line or Python, but quality trails large online services and it needs language packages.
Dialect
An open-source translation app for the GNOME desktop that works with several translation services.
Argos Translate is MIT-licensed and translates fully offline on Linux from the command line or Python, but it lacks a GNOME interface and needs language packages.
LibreTranslate
An open-source machine translation API and web app that you can run on your own server.
Argos Translate is the MIT-licensed engine behind LibreTranslate, used from the command line or Python on your own computer instead of through an HTTP server.
Microsoft Translator
Microsoft's translation apps for text, speech, conversations, signs and documents, with offline language packs.
Argos Translate is an MIT-licensed offline translator used from the command line or Python on Windows, macOS and Linux, without mobile or speech features.
Yandex Translate
Yandex's online machine translation service for text, documents and images.
Argos Translate is a free MIT-licensed tool that translates fully offline from the command line or Python, though quality trails large online services.
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Whisper
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