# goldendict/goldendict

A feature-rich dictionary lookup program, supporting multiple dictionary formats (StarDict/Babylon/Lingvo/Dictd) and online dictionaries, featuring perfect article rendering with the complete markup, illustrations and other content retained, and allowing you to type in words without any accents or correct case.

Repository: https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/goldendict
Homepage: http://goldendict.org/
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-10-11T18:29:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 44/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 46, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5565, "days_push": 326, "days_rel": 468, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6649, forks 762 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:47.302447+00:00)

## What it is
GoldenDict is a feature-rich desktop dictionary lookup program that supports many dictionary formats (StarDict, Babylon, Lingvo DSL, Dictd, MDict, Zim) as well as online sources like Wikipedia and arbitrary websites. It renders articles with full formatting and images, offers morphology-aware fuzzy lookup, scan popups, and audio pronunciations.

## Use cases
- look up words in offline StarDict dictionaries
- translate words without typing accents or correct case
- pop up a translation when selecting a word in another app
- use Wikipedia or any website as a dictionary
- listen to word pronunciations from audio archives or Forvo
- manage multiple dictionary formats in one program

## When to choose
- you need a free, offline-capable dictionary reader for many formats on Windows, Linux, or macOS
- you want accurate article rendering with images, formatting, and links
- you need morphology, spelling suggestions, and diacritic-insensitive lookup

## When to avoid
- you only need a simple command-line word lookup
- you want a mobile or web-based dictionary app
- you need machine translation rather than dictionary definitions

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, gui, nlp, speech-recognition
- domain: education, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: dictionary-lookup, stardict, offline-dictionaries, translation, qt, hunspell, scan-popup, localization, natural-language-processing, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- goldendict/goldendict (main) score 44

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:47.302447+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 2026-08-29T17:43:08.070565+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:47.302447+00:00, sha f4619acdfef0)
  - homepage: http://goldendict.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:20.657321+00:00, sha 2704f18988c4)
  - site_page: http://goldendict.org/changelog.php (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:20.659994+00:00, sha fc45292ba2b4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.