# argosopentech/argos-translate

Open-source offline translation library written in Python

Repository: https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/argos-translate
Homepage: https://www.argosopentech.com
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, machine-translation, transformers, translation, language-models, linux, nlp, open-source
Last push: 2026-08-08T12:09:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2339, "days_push": 25, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6403, forks 484 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:43.143697+00:00)

## What it is
Argos Translate is an open-source offline neural machine translation library written in Python, built on OpenNMT. It can be used as a Python library, CLI, or GUI app, and installs language model packages with automatic pivoting through intermediate languages.

## Use cases
- translate text offline without cloud APIs
- add translation to a Python application
- translate between language pairs without a direct model via pivoting
- run a self-hosted translation API like LibreTranslate
- translate text from the command line
- install pre-trained translation model packages

## When to choose
- you need offline or privacy-preserving translation
- you want a free open-source alternative to commercial translation APIs
- you need a Python library or CLI for machine translation
- you want to self-host a translation service

## When to avoid
- you need the highest translation quality available from large commercial models
- you need very rare language pairs without available packages
- you need real-time high-throughput translation at scale

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: nlp, machine-learning, cli, gui
- domain: machine-learning
- platform: python, cross-platform, cli
- tags: machine-translation, offline-translation, opennmt, translation-models, libretranslate, language-pairs, pivoting, natural-language-processing, localization, linux

## Member repositories
- argosopentech/argos-translate (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.143697+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:44:57.336904+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.143697+00:00, sha cf8496c22f68)
  - homepage: https://www.argosopentech.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:41:51.766787+00:00, sha 1a149f254f3a)
  - site_page: https://www.argosopentech.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:41:51.775996+00:00, sha f210faa5abda)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.