vslavik/poedit

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2041 stars · 305 forks observed · 2026-10-02

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

Poedit is a cross-platform GUI translation editor for gettext PO, XLIFF, JSON, Qt and Flutter localization files, with built-in validation, string extraction from source code, and machine translation suggestions. It also serves as a GUI frontend to GNU gettext utilities and integrates with cloud localization platforms like Crowdin and Localazy.

Use cases

• translate a WordPress theme or plugin PO file
• edit XLIFF localization files for an app
• extract translatable strings from source code with gettext
• pre-translate files using machine translation
• validate PO files for missing variables and plural form errors
• sync translations with a Crowdin project
• translate Flutter or Qt app strings

When to choose

• you need a dedicated GUI editor for PO/XLIFF/JSON translation files instead of a plain text editor
• you want automatic syntax and plural-form validation while translating
• you work with gettext-based projects like WordPress, Django, or PHP apps
• you want machine translation and pre-translation suggestions to speed up localization

When to avoid

• you need a fully automated, CI-driven localization pipeline rather than a manual editor
• you require collaborative web-based translation management at team scale (use Crowdin or Weblate)
• you need formats outside PO, XLIFF, JSON, Qt, or Flutter
• you only want command-line gettext tools without a GUI

Facets

application · maturity stable

gui internationalization nlp developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform web-development windows cross-platform gettext po-editor xliff translation-editor machine-translation crowdin wordpress flutter qt localization macos linux desktop

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