# zu1k/translator

简单、轻量、好用的划词翻译软件

Repository: https://github.com/zu1k/translator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/translator
Language: Rust
License Family: other
Topics: translator, lightweight, free, rust, egui
Last push: 2023-02-20T10:00:07+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": 1863, "days_push": 1290, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1297, forks 107 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:17.006384+00:00)

## What it is
A lightweight selection-based translation tool written in Rust that translates highlighted text via a hotkey or automatic selection trigger. It cleans up extra line breaks to improve translation of PDF text, making it well-suited for reading academic papers.

## Use cases
- translate selected text on screen
- translate text copied from pdfs without broken line breaks
- quick popup dictionary while reading papers
- lightweight background translator app

## When to choose
- you want a tiny single-executable translator that stays in the background
- you frequently translate text from PDFs and need line-break cleanup
- you prefer selection-triggered translation with a hotkey fallback

## When to avoid
- you need browser integration or full webpage translation
- you need a maintained project - the latest release is from early 2023 and there is no license file
- you need mobile or Linux Wayland support guarantees

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: nlp, gui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, rust
- tags: translation, selection-translation, popup-dictionary, pdf-reading, egui, natural-language-processing, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- zu1k/translator (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.006384+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 2026-08-30T04:53:55.120046+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zu1k/translator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.006384+00:00, sha e163a9fe8a18)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.