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Poedit vs Qt Linguist: catalog facts
Poedit	Qt Linguist
Best for: Translators and developers localizing apps and WordPress sites	Best for: Translators working on applications built with Qt
Free + paid options Free download, with a paid Pro tier for pre-translation and WordPress features.	Free Free on Flathub; licensed under LGPL-3.0-only.
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	Edits translation catalogs for Qt applications Available as a standalone desktop app
Machine translation and pre-translation require Pro Focused on software localization rather than general documents	Focused on Qt application translations
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License not stated	License: LGPL-3.0-only
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 Qt Linguist flathub.org/apps/io.qt.Linguist Catalog checked October 8, 2026

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