Weblate is a web-based localization platform with tight version-control integration: translators work in a browser, and the results go back into your repository as normal commits and pull requests. It is aimed at software projects and documentation that want translation handled close to the code, running either on Hosted Weblate or on your own server — the same software and the same workflow either way.

Translation workflow

• A browser translation interface with string context, source code references, comments and per-language discussion, so translators can ask questions where the string lives.
• Push and pull directly to Git repositories (GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Bitbucket and plain remotes), with optional pull requests instead of direct commits, and support for multiple branches.
• File formats include GNU gettext PO, XLIFF, Android string resources, Apple iOS strings, Java properties, JSON and the common JSON flavours (i18next, go-i18n, Laravel), YAML, Markdown and dozens more.
• Review tools for large projects: string states (translated, needing editing, approved), voting, bulk editing, a matrix view for working across several languages at once, and a zen mode for uninterrupted translating.

Quality and context

• Automatic quality checks catch broken placeholders, mismatched markup, punctuation and formatting errors before they reach users.
• Shared glossaries keep terminology consistent across projects and languages, alongside translation memory reused from earlier work.
• Machine translation and AI suggestions are optional and can be layered on top of human review — turned on where they help, switched off where they do not.
• Screenshot-based visual context shows translators where a string appears in the running application.

Access and deployment

• Granular roles and permissions per project and language, two-factor authentication and social logins for contributor accounts.
• Runs self-hosted from Docker or a native install on Django, PostgreSQL and Celery; a free Hosted Weblate plan covers libre projects, with paid cloud and support options for organisations.
• GPL-3.0 licensed, actively developed, with a public source tree you can audit and change. Translation progress can be embedded on a project site with Weblate’s own widgets and badges.

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