Entirely self-hosted and can work in offline environments. Unlike other APIs, it doesn't rely on a commercial provider such as Google or Azure to perform translations.

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https://libretranslate.com

Build and Run

Make sure you have installed Python (3.8 or higher), then simply issue:

git clone https://github.com/uav4geo/LibreTranslate --recurse-submodules
cd LibreTranslate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py [args]

Arguments

Argument	Description	Default
--host	Set host to bind the server to	`127.0.0.1`
--port	Set port to bind the server to	`5000`
--char-limit	Set character limit	`No limit`
--req-limit	Set maximum number of requests per minute per client	`No limit`
--ga-id	Enable Google Analytics on the API client page by providing an ID	`No tracking`
--debug	Enable debug environment	`False`
--ssl	Whether to enable SSL	`5000`

Roadmap

Help us by opening a pull request!

A docker image
Auto-detect input language
User authentication / tokens

Credits

This work is largely possible thanks to Argos Translate, which powers the translation engine.

License

GNU Affero General Public License v3

Languages

Python 74.4%

HTML 10.9%

Dockerfile 5.7%

CSS 5.7%

Shell 2.7%

Other 0.6%