# crimx/ext-saladict

🥗 All-in-one professional pop-up dictionary and page translator which supports multiple search modes, page translations, new word notebook and PDF selection searching.

Repository: https://github.com/crimx/ext-saladict
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ext-saladict
Homepage: https://saladict.crimx.com/
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: chrome, extension, firefox-addon, react, typescript, rxjs, firefox, dictionaries, saladict, chrome-extension, firefox-extension, webextension
Last push: 2026-07-26T16:30:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 95, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3939, "days_push": 38, "days_rel": 38, "gap_med": 12.5, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13290, forks 841 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:03.065376+00:00)

## What it is
Saladict is an open-source Chrome/Firefox WebExtension providing an all-in-one pop-up dictionary and page translator with multiple search modes, machine translation services, and a built-in PDF reader for seamless word selection. It includes a word notebook with context capture, WebDAV sync, Anki card generation, and text-to-speech pronunciation.

## Use cases
- translate selected text on web pages
- look up words in multiple dictionaries at once
- read and translate PDF papers with inline dictionary
- save new words to a notebook and sync across devices
- generate Anki flashcards from looked-up words
- translate full web pages
- listen to word and sentence pronunciations

## When to choose
- you need a feature-rich browser dictionary/translator extension
- you frequently read English papers or PDFs and want inline lookup
- you want vocabulary notebooks with Anki and WebDAV sync
- you want an open-source, ad-free alternative to closed translation extensions

## When to avoid
- you need a standalone desktop or mobile translation app
- you need server-side or API-based batch translation
- you don't use Chrome, Firefox, or Edge

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: nlp, search-engine, ocr, pdf-viewer, internationalization
- domain: browser-extensions, education, developer-tools
- platform: browser, browser-extension, cross-platform
- tags: dictionary, translation, webextension, popup-dictionary, vocabulary-notebook, pdf-translation, deepl, anki, webdav-sync, natural-language-processing, localization

## Member repositories
- crimx/ext-saladict (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:03.065376+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 2026-08-29T17:13:22.832021+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/crimx/ext-saladict (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:03.065376+00:00, sha aa52e50a118e)
  - homepage: https://saladict.crimx.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:08:48.439535+00:00, sha 3e0c053d3504)
  - site_page: https://saladict.crimx.com/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T08:08:48.449759+00:00, sha fbe2d843342c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.