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Poedit vs Lokalize: catalog facts
Poedit	Lokalize
Best for: Translators and developers localizing apps and WordPress sites	Best for: Translators working on KDE and other software projects
Free + paid options Free download, with a paid Pro tier for pre-translation and WordPress features.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later license.
macOS	Linux
Full gettext PO support plus XLIFF, JSON, Qt and Flutter Built-in checks catch translation errors All 4 strengths for Poedit Full gettext PO support plus XLIFF, JSON, Qt and Flutter Built-in checks catch translation errors Works with Crowdin and Localazy projects Dedicated WordPress theme and plugin translation in Pro	Supports software localization workflows Can translate OpenDocument files through XLIFF
Machine translation and pre-translation require Pro Focused on software localization rather than general documents	Windows builds are distributed through KDE’s CI package registry.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Poedit poedit.com Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Lokalize userbase.kde.org/Lokalize Catalog checked October 8, 2026

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