# fishjar/kiss-translator

A simple, open source bilingual translation extension & Greasemonkey script (一个简约、开源的 双语对照翻译扩展 & 油猴脚本)

Repository: https://github.com/fishjar/kiss-translator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kiss-translator
Homepage: https://github.com/fishjar/kiss-translator
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: extension, translation, translator, translate, userscripts, userscript
Last push: 2026-08-25T15:44:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 81
- inputs: {"age_days": 1142, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 21, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 36}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 12196, forks 576 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:52.001566+00:00)

## What it is
KISS Translator is an open-source browser extension (plus Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey userscript) that renders bilingual, side-by-side translations of web pages. It plugs into many translation backends—Google, Microsoft, Tencent, DeepL/DeepLX, and LLM services like OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek, and Ollama—across scenarios including full-page reading, input boxes, text selection, hover, and YouTube subtitles.

## Use cases
- translate foreign-language web pages while keeping the original text visible
- bilingual reading of English websites with minimal setup
- translate YouTube video subtitles in real time
- translate selected text or hovered paragraphs on any page
- translate text inside input boxes with a keyboard shortcut
- use DeepL, Google, or an LLM API as the translation backend and switch between them
- open-source alternative to proprietary page translators like Immersive Translate

## When to choose
- You want bilingual (original + translation) display while browsing foreign-language sites
- You need one tool covering full pages, selection, hover, input boxes, and video subtitles
- You want to use custom or self-hosted translation APIs, including local Ollama models, with streaming output
- You need cross-device syncing of settings and site rules via a self-hosted worker or WebDAV

## When to avoid
- You need fully offline translation with no external service or API keys
- You need to translate documents, PDFs, or native apps outside the browser
- You want an embeddable translation library or API for your own application rather than an end-user tool
- You require professional CAT-tool workflows like translation memories and review pipelines

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: browser-extension, nlp
- domain: browser-extensions, developer-tools
- platform: browser, browser-extension, cross-platform
- tags: translation, bilingual-translation, userscript, greasemonkey, tampermonkey, machine-translation, deepl, llm-translation, youtube-subtitles, text-selection-translation, webdav-sync, rule-subscription, natural-language-processing, localization, android, ios

## Member repositories
- fishjar/kiss-translator (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.001566+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 2026-08-29T17:14:50.556826+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fishjar/kiss-translator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.001566+00:00, sha 3026703cec57)
  - homepage: https://github.com/fishjar/kiss-translator (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:11.426873+00:00, sha 5130b9be39e7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.