diff --git a/dev/code-generation/gen_ts_locales.py b/dev/code-generation/gen_ts_locales.py
index 451918c3038e..5b8b1535a767 100644
--- a/dev/code-generation/gen_ts_locales.py
+++ b/dev/code-generation/gen_ts_locales.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pathlib
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import dotenv
@@ -15,38 +16,44 @@ BASE = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent
 API_KEY = dotenv.get_key(BASE / ".env", "CROWDIN_API_KEY")
 
 
-NAMES = {
-    "en-US": "American English",
-    "en-GB": "British English",
-    "af-ZA": "Afrikaans (Afrikaans)",
-    "ar-SA": "العربية (Arabic)",
-    "ca-ES": "Català (Catalan)",
-    "cs-CZ": "Čeština (Czech)",
-    "da-DK": "Dansk (Danish)",
-    "de-DE": "Deutsch (German)",
-    "el-GR": "Ελληνικά (Greek)",
-    "es-ES": "Español (Spanish)",
-    "fi-FI": "Suomi (Finnish)",
-    "fr-FR": "Français (French)",
-    "he-IL": "עברית (Hebrew)",
-    "hu-HU": "Magyar (Hungarian)",
-    "it-IT": "Italiano (Italian)",
-    "ja-JP": "日本語 (Japanese)",
-    "ko-KR": "한국어 (Korean)",
-    "no-NO": "Norsk (Norwegian)",
-    "nl-NL": "Nederlands (Dutch)",
-    "pl-PL": "Polski (Polish)",
-    "pt-BR": "Português do Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese)",
-    "pt-PT": "Português (Portuguese)",
-    "ro-RO": "Română (Romanian)",
-    "ru-RU": "Pусский (Russian)",
-    "sr-SP": "српски (Serbian)",
-    "sv-SE": "Svenska (Swedish)",
-    "tr-TR": "Türkçe (Turkish)",
-    "uk-UA": "Українська (Ukrainian)",
-    "vi-VN": "Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)",
-    "zh-CN": "简体中文 (Chinese simplified)",
-    "zh-TW": "繁體中文 (Chinese traditional)",
+@dataclass
+class LocaleData:
+    name: str
+    dir: str = "ltr"
+
+
+LOCALE_DATA: dict[str, LocaleData] = {
+    "en-US": LocaleData(name="American English"),
+    "en-GB": LocaleData(name="British English"),
+    "af-ZA": LocaleData(name="Afrikaans (Afrikaans)"),
+    "ar-SA": LocaleData(name="العربية (Arabic)", dir="rtl"),
+    "ca-ES": LocaleData(name="Català (Catalan)"),
+    "cs-CZ": LocaleData(name="Čeština (Czech)"),
+    "da-DK": LocaleData(name="Dansk (Danish)"),
+    "de-DE": LocaleData(name="Deutsch (German)"),
+    "el-GR": LocaleData(name="Ελληνικά (Greek)"),
+    "es-ES": LocaleData(name="Español (Spanish)"),
+    "fi-FI": LocaleData(name="Suomi (Finnish)"),
+    "fr-FR": LocaleData(name="Français (French)"),
+    "he-IL": LocaleData(name="עברית (Hebrew)", dir="rtl"),
+    "hu-HU": LocaleData(name="Magyar (Hungarian)"),
+    "it-IT": LocaleData(name="Italiano (Italian)"),
+    "ja-JP": LocaleData(name="日本語 (Japanese)"),
+    "ko-KR": LocaleData(name="한국어 (Korean)"),
+    "no-NO": LocaleData(name="Norsk (Norwegian)"),
+    "nl-NL": LocaleData(name="Nederlands (Dutch)"),
+    "pl-PL": LocaleData(name="Polski (Polish)"),
+    "pt-BR": LocaleData(name="Português do Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese)"),
+    "pt-PT": LocaleData(name="Português (Portuguese)"),
+    "ro-RO": LocaleData(name="Română (Romanian)"),
+    "ru-RU": LocaleData(name="Pусский (Russian)"),
+    "sr-SP": LocaleData(name="српски (Serbian)"),
+    "sv-SE": LocaleData(name="Svenska (Swedish)"),
+    "tr-TR": LocaleData(name="Türkçe (Turkish)"),
+    "uk-UA": LocaleData(name="Українська (Ukrainian)"),
+    "vi-VN": LocaleData(name="Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)"),
+    "zh-CN": LocaleData(name="简体中文 (Chinese simplified)"),
+    "zh-TW": LocaleData(name="繁體中文 (Chinese traditional)"),
 }
 
 LOCALE_TEMPLATE = """// This Code is auto generated by gen_global_components.py
@@ -55,6 +62,7 @@ export const LOCALES = [{% for locale in locales %}
     name: "{{ locale.name }}",
     value: "{{ locale.locale }}",
     progress: {{ locale.progress }},
+    dir: "{{ locale.dir }}",
   },{% endfor %}
 ]
 
@@ -65,6 +73,7 @@ class TargetLanguage(MealieModel):
     id: str
     name: str
     locale: str
+    dir: str
     threeLettersCode: str
     twoLettersCode: str
     progress: float = 0.0
@@ -103,15 +112,23 @@ class CrowdinApi:
         models.insert(
             0,
             TargetLanguage(
-                id="en-US", name="English", locale="en-US", threeLettersCode="en", twoLettersCode="en", progress=100
+                id="en-US",
+                name="English",
+                locale="en-US",
+                dir="ltr",
+                threeLettersCode="en",
+                twoLettersCode="en",
+                progress=100,
             ),
         )
 
         progress: list[dict] = self.get_progress()["data"]
 
         for model in models:
-            if model.locale in NAMES:
-                model.name = NAMES[model.locale]
+            if model.locale in LOCALE_DATA:
+                locale_data = LOCALE_DATA[model.locale]
+                model.name = locale_data.name
+                model.dir = locale_data.dir
 
             for p in progress:
                 if p["data"]["languageId"] == model.id:
diff --git a/frontend/composables/use-locales/available-locales.ts b/frontend/composables/use-locales/available-locales.ts
index d0737020e5c7..a03b17fb8666 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/use-locales/available-locales.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/use-locales/available-locales.ts
@@ -4,195 +4,234 @@ export const LOCALES = [
     name: "繁體中文 (Chinese traditional)",
     value: "zh-TW",
     progress: 28,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "简体中文 (Chinese simplified)",
     value: "zh-CN",
     progress: 65,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)",
     value: "vi-VN",
     progress: 2,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Українська (Ukrainian)",
     value: "uk-UA",
     progress: 99,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Türkçe (Turkish)",
     value: "tr-TR",
     progress: 50,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Svenska (Swedish)",
     value: "sv-SE",
     progress: 71,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "српски (Serbian)",
     value: "sr-SP",
     progress: 4,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Slovenian",
     value: "sl-SI",
     progress: 49,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Slovak",
     value: "sk-SK",
     progress: 97,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Pусский (Russian)",
     value: "ru-RU",
     progress: 99,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Română (Romanian)",
     value: "ro-RO",
     progress: 32,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Português (Portuguese)",
     value: "pt-PT",
     progress: 99,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Português do Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese)",
     value: "pt-BR",
     progress: 98,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Polski (Polish)",
     value: "pl-PL",
     progress: 97,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Norsk (Norwegian)",
     value: "no-NO",
     progress: 85,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Nederlands (Dutch)",
     value: "nl-NL",
     progress: 98,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Latvian",
     value: "lv-LV",
     progress: 1,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Lithuanian",
     value: "lt-LT",
     progress: 97,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "한국어 (Korean)",
     value: "ko-KR",
     progress: 5,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "日本語 (Japanese)",
     value: "ja-JP",
     progress: 11,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Italiano (Italian)",
     value: "it-IT",
     progress: 96,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Magyar (Hungarian)",
     value: "hu-HU",
     progress: 99,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Croatian",
     value: "hr-HR",
     progress: 97,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "עברית (Hebrew)",
     value: "he-IL",
     progress: 99,
+    dir: "rtl",
   },
   {
     name: "Galician",
     value: "gl-ES",
     progress: 1,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Français (French)",
     value: "fr-FR",
     progress: 99,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "French, Canada",
     value: "fr-CA",
     progress: 97,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Suomi (Finnish)",
     value: "fi-FI",
     progress: 95,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Español (Spanish)",
     value: "es-ES",
     progress: 76,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "American English",
     value: "en-US",
     progress: 100.0,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "British English",
     value: "en-GB",
     progress: 4,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Ελληνικά (Greek)",
     value: "el-GR",
     progress: 35,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Deutsch (German)",
     value: "de-DE",
     progress: 99,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Dansk (Danish)",
     value: "da-DK",
     progress: 100,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Čeština (Czech)",
     value: "cs-CZ",
     progress: 66,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Català (Catalan)",
     value: "ca-ES",
     progress: 61,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Bulgarian",
     value: "bg-BG",
     progress: 99,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "العربية (Arabic)",
     value: "ar-SA",
     progress: 16,
+    dir: "rtl",
   },
   {
     name: "Afrikaans (Afrikaans)",
     value: "af-ZA",
     progress: 96,
+    dir: "ltr",
   },
 ]
diff --git a/frontend/composables/use-locales/use-locales.ts b/frontend/composables/use-locales/use-locales.ts
index 51af085099c7..f710260ff4a3 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/use-locales/use-locales.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/use-locales/use-locales.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,31 @@ import { LOCALES } from "./available-locales";
 export const useLocales = () => {
   const { i18n, $vuetify } = useContext();
 
+  function getLocale(value: string) {
+    const currentLocale = LOCALES.filter((locale) => locale.value === value);
+    return currentLocale.length ? currentLocale[0] : null;
+  }
+
   const locale = computed<string>({
     get() {
-      $vuetify.lang.current = i18n.locale; // dirty hack
+      // dirty hack
+      $vuetify.lang.current = i18n.locale;
+      const currentLocale = getLocale(i18n.locale);
+      if (currentLocale) {
+        $vuetify.rtl = currentLocale.dir === "rtl";
+      }
+
       return i18n.locale;
     },
     set(value) {
       i18n.setLocale(value);
-      $vuetify.lang.current = value; // this does not persist after window reload :-(
+
+      // this does not persist after window reload :-(
+      $vuetify.lang.current = value;
+      const currentLocale = getLocale(value);
+      if (currentLocale) {
+        $vuetify.rtl = currentLocale.dir === "rtl";
+      }
 
       // Reload the page to update the language - not all strings are reactive
       window.location.reload();