Weblate
Web-based translation tool with tight version control integration.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity in the top 1% of tracked projects; popularity more than 71%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 6.1k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | weblate-2026.9.1 · 8 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Python, Docker, K8S |
Is Weblate actively maintained?
Weblate is under active development: 11238 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 1336 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
The most recent tagged release, weblate-2026.9.1, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Among the 5 software development - localization projects we track, Weblate currently has the highest health score.
What Weblate actually does
Weblate is a web-based translation management system designed to connect directly with version control repositories. It allows contributors to translate software strings inside a browser interface while automatically synchronising changes back to the underlying codebase.
Best fit: Development teams looking to manage localisation workflows directly alongside their source code repositories.
Worth knowing: Maintaining a self-hosted translation platform introduces administrative overhead for user permission management and repository credential security.
Deployment notes
As a Python application packaged for containerised environments, it typically requires a persistent volume for data storage, an external database backend, and a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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