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Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.

 Free

Free and open source.

Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Translation runs entirely on your own device
  • Uses Mozilla's Firefox translation models
  • Translates fully offline once language packages are installed
  • Usable from the command line or from Python
  • Not every language pair is supported
  • Linux only
  • Translation quality trails large online services for many language pairs
  • Requires Python and downloading language packages
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0-only License: MIT
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

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