# xupefei/Locale-Emulator

Yet Another System Region and Language Simulator

Repository: https://github.com/xupefei/Locale-Emulator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/locale-emulator
Homepage: https://pooi.moe/Locale-Emulator/
Language: C#
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-04-15T09:55:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4917, "days_push": 1601, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11688, forks 833 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:49.497078+00:00)

## What it is
A Windows application that simulates a different system region and language for individual programs, letting users run applications built for other locales (e.g., Japanese games) without changing global system settings. It integrates with the Windows right-click context menu and provides a GUI for managing per-application locale profiles.

## Use cases
- run Japanese games on a non-Japanese Windows system
- launch a program with a different system locale without changing global settings
- fix mojibake in apps that expect a specific ANSI codepage
- emulate a different time zone and language per application
- add a right-click menu option to run apps with a chosen locale

## When to choose
- you need to run legacy or region-locked Windows software built for another locale
- you want per-application locale profiles instead of changing system-wide settings
- you prefer a GUI with shell context-menu integration on Windows

## When to avoid
- you are on Linux or macOS - this is Windows-only
- you need full virtualization or OS-level emulation rather than locale simulation
- you need actively maintained software with recent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: internationalization, developer-tools
- domain: windows, developer-tools
- platform: windows
- tags: locale-emulation, system-region-simulator, japanese-games, right-click-menu, gui, localization

## Member repositories
- xupefei/Locale-Emulator (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:49.497078+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 2026-08-29T17:15:24.074357+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/xupefei/Locale-Emulator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:49.497078+00:00, sha 53464419beb7)
  - homepage: https://pooi.moe/Locale-Emulator/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:39.035205+00:00, sha bc77120f833b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.