globalizejs/globalize

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4835 stars · 585 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Globalize is a JavaScript library for internationalization and localization built on official Unicode CLDR JSON data. It provides locale-aware formatting and parsing of numbers, currencies, dates, plural rules, relative times, units, and messages, working in both browsers and Node.js.

Use cases

• format dates and numbers according to the user's locale
• format currency values for different countries
• parse user-entered dates and numbers in their local format
• handle plural rules across languages
• translate and format messages for multilingual apps
• format relative times like '5 minutes ago' per locale
• format units of measurement for different locales

When to choose

• you need accurate, standards-based locale data from Unicode CLDR
• you need consistent i18n behavior across browser and Node.js
• you need fine-grained control over which i18n modules and data you load
• you need to parse locale-formatted user input back into dates and numbers

When to avoid

• you only need the built-in browser Intl API and don't need CLDR parity
• you want a batteries-included i18n framework with routing and translation workflows
• your project is React-based and you prefer a React-specific i18n library

Facets

library · maturity stable

internationalization parser serialization web-development frontend browser cross-platform i18n l10n cldr unicode date-formatting number-formatting currency plurals message-formatting localization nodejs

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