globalize/globalize

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2158 stars · 501 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Globalize is a Ruby gem that extends Rails' I18n API to provide translations for ActiveRecord model data, letting you store and query translated attribute values for user-generated content. It uses translation tables and is considered feature-complete, with maintenance focused on compatibility with new Ruby and Rails releases.

Use cases

• translate activerecord model attributes in rails
• store multilingual blog post content
• rails i18n for database content
• manage translated user-generated content
• query models by locale-specific attributes
• add multiple language versions of model fields

When to choose

• you have an existing Rails app on ActiveRecord 7+ needing model data translation
• you want translation tables managed transparently by a mature, well-known gem
• you need to translate actual stored content rather than static UI strings

When to avoid

• you want an actively developed solution - consider Mobility, its natural successor
• you prefer storing translations in jsonb/hstore columns instead of separate tables
• you need translations outside of ActiveRecord/Rails

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

internationalization orm web-development backend ruby activerecord model-translation i18n ruby-gem multilingual-content localization rails

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