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alibaba/kiwi

🐤 Kiwi-国际化翻译全流程解决方案 observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/alibaba/kiwi · TypeScript observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

72/100

  • Activity 88
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3293
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 77
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2622 stars · 239 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Kiwi is an end-to-end internationalization (i18n) solution from Alibaba, comprising kiwi-intl (a framework-agnostic runtime library), kiwi-cli (extraction/import/export of translation strings), and kiwi-linter (a VS Code extension). It automates extracting Chinese text from code, syncing translations with translators via Excel, and flagging un-internationalized strings.

Use cases

  • extract hardcoded chinese strings from frontend code
  • manage i18n translation workflow with translators
  • lint code for un-internationalized text
  • auto-translate missing locale strings with google translate
  • search translations by original text in vscode
  • import translated excel files back into the project

When to choose

  • building a Chinese-to-multilingual frontend app needing full i18n pipeline
  • you want automated extraction, linting, and translator collaboration in one tool
  • your team uses VS Code and TypeScript/JavaScript

When to avoid

  • you need i18n for a non-JavaScript stack
  • you only need a lightweight runtime i18n library without tooling
  • your project doesn't involve Chinese source text

Facets

framework · maturity active

internationalization cli linter web-development frontend developer-tools cli editor-plugin cross-platform i18n translation-workflow vscode-extension chinese-text-extraction machine-translation editor-plugin localization nodejs

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Member repositories

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alibaba/kiwimain72

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