# DeepL/deepl-python

Official Python library for the DeepL language translation API.

Repository: https://github.com/DeepL/deepl-python
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/deepl-python
Homepage: https://www.deepl.com
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: deepl, python, api, official, translation, translator, i18n, language
Last push: 2026-08-26T08:57:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1871, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 22, "gap_med": 46.0, "n_releases_24m": 15}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1330, forks 91 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:24.015344+00:00)

## What it is
The official Python client library for the DeepL language translation API, providing a DeepLClient for translating text and documents via DeepL's servers. It wraps all DeepL API functions and is distributed on PyPI as the 'deepl' package.

## Use cases
- translate text in a python app using deepl
- translate documents programmatically via api
- add multilingual support to my backend
- localize content into multiple languages
- detect source language and translate strings
- batch translate text with the deepl api
- integrate deepl translation into a python pipeline

## When to choose
- you want official, fully supported access to the DeepL API from Python
- you need high-quality machine translation for text or documents
- you want a maintained client covering all DeepL API features including the free tier

## When to avoid
- you need offline or self-hosted translation without an API key or network calls
- you are not using Python or prefer another language's official client
- you need free unlimited translation without DeepL's character limits

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: http-client, sdk, nlp
- domain: apis, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: translation, deepl, api-client, i18n, language-ai, official-client, natural-language-processing, localization

## Member repositories
- DeepL/deepl-python (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:24.015344+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 2026-08-30T04:45:22.248234+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - site_page: https://www.deepl.com/en/features/document-translation (fetched 2026-08-29T12:04:39.118314+00:00, sha f8e9e8f66389)
  - site_page: https://www.deepl.com/en/translation-flow (fetched 2026-08-29T12:04:39.112513+00:00, sha f388d4a1d5c0)
  - site_page: https://www.deepl.com/en/products/integrations (fetched 2026-08-29T12:04:39.116708+00:00, sha b6bb7836e487)
  - site_page: https://developers.deepl.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:04:39.119988+00:00, sha c42454bcbc74)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.