# InWILL/Locale_Remulator

System Region and Language Simulator.

Repository: https://github.com/InWILL/Locale_Remulator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/locale_remulator
Language: C++
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-07-27T08:06:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1727, "days_push": 37, "days_rel": 549, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1395, forks 59 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.495604+00:00)

## What it is
Locale Remulator is a Windows utility that simulates system region and language settings for individual applications, similar to Locale-Emulator but with 64-bit application support. It uses Microsoft Detours to hook ANSI/Unicode functions and integrates via a right-click shell menu or shortcut generation.

## Use cases
- run Japanese games that require Japanese locale on a non-Japanese Windows
- fix garbled text in 64-bit applications with wrong system locale
- run legacy apps with a different system region without changing global settings
- create shortcuts that launch apps with a specific locale configuration
- emulate system language for a single exe via right-click menu

## When to choose
- you need to run 64-bit applications under a simulated locale, which Locale-Emulator doesn't support
- you want per-application locale switching without changing Windows regional settings
- you play region-locked games like Japanese MapleStory on a non-matching locale

## When to avoid
- you are on Linux or macOS, as this is Windows-only
- you need to change locale system-wide rather than per-application
- you need Unicode-only applications where locale emulation is unnecessary

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: configuration-management, developer-tools
- domain: windows, developer-tools
- platform: windows
- tags: locale-emulator, system-region, language-simulator, detours, right-click-menu, 64-bit, japanese-games, shell-extension, localization

## Member repositories
- InWILL/Locale_Remulator (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.495604+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 2026-08-30T04:39:21.609192+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/InWILL/Locale_Remulator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.495604+00:00, sha f057ae63a613)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.