# translate/pootle

Online translation tool

Repository: https://github.com/translate/pootle
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pootle
Homepage: http://pootle.translatehouse.org
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: translation, localisation, l10n, i18n, python, django
Last push: 2024-08-26T12:08:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5280, "days_push": 737, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1502, forks 282 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.385087+00:00)

## What it is
Pootle is a self-hosted online translation and localization server built with Python and Django, enabling teams and communities to collaboratively translate software into multiple languages. It provides a web-based editor with translation memory, machine translation, quality checks, and support for formats like Gettext PO, XLIFF, and Java .properties via the Translate Toolkit.

## Use cases
- host a community localization server for translating software into many languages
- crowdsource translations from volunteer contributors online
- manage translation projects and files with permissions and statistics
- translate Gettext PO and XLIFF files through a web editor
- download translation files for offline translation work
- check translation quality automatically for common translator errors

## When to choose
- you need a self-hosted collaborative translation platform for community localization
- your teams need online editing plus offline file download workflows
- you want built-in quality checks, translation memory, and terminology support

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool - Pootle is seeking maintainers and only works with Python 2
- you prefer a modern alternative like Weblate
- you need a lightweight CLI translation workflow rather than a web server

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: internationalization, web-framework, self-hosted
- domain: web-development, self-hosted
- platform: python, self-hosted
- tags: translation-management, django, crowdsourced-translation, community-localization, gettext-po, xliff, localization, web-server

## Member repositories
- translate/pootle (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.385087+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 2026-08-30T04:32:55.065271+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/translate/pootle (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.385087+00:00, sha e5dba525f10a)
  - homepage: http://pootle.translatehouse.org (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:53.628505+00:00, sha 4f1ce8b79092)
  - site_page: http://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/pootle (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:53.638026+00:00, sha d0bcadc5cb2e)
  - site_page: http://translatehouse.org/about.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:53.640176+00:00, sha 2975c14c69dd)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pootle/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:53.642027+00:00, sha 411a6b5061a1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.