Weblate

A web-based translation platform that syncs with your Git repositories, so translators work in a browser while strings flow back as commits.

6.2k stars, 1.4k forks Python On GitHub since February 2012

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Weblate at a glance

Open sourceYes, GPL-3.0Some paid parts in the repository
Health71 of 100Actively developed
Self-hostingDockerCompose file, 6 services
Interface82 languagesIncluding English, German and French
Issue repliesWithin ~6 daysMedian first reply; 55% of recent issues answered

What is Weblate?

Weblate connects to the version control of your software or documentation, imports the translatable strings, and gives translators a browser interface with suggestions, checks and review. Finished translations are committed back to the repository, which keeps localization in step with development. You can run it yourself or use Hosted Weblate. Weblate's own interface is available in 82 languages.

Good fit if

  • You localize an app or docs and want contributors to translate without touching Git.
  • You want a self-hosted alternative to paid localization platforms.

Look elsewhere if

  • You only need feature flags or config per locale, not translation workflows: Flagsmith.

Before you adopt it

Weblate is GPL-3.0. The company behind it sells paid professional support and cloud hosting; the code you self-host is the same. A small core team produces a very high volume of commits and frequent releases. The Docker Compose setup runs PostgreSQL and Redis next to the app.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 31 October 2026. Report a correction

How to run Weblate yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
dev-docker/docker-compose.yml: 6 services (postgres, redis)
Setup effort
3 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
82 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish
Show all 82

Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Bashkir, Basque, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chechen, Chinese, Chuvash, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Divehi, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Igbo, Irish, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Occitan, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Sardinian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Western Frisian

Install instructions: weblate.org or the README on GitHub.

Weblate health: is it still maintained?

71 of 100, actively developed

Release rhythmEvery ~15 daysLatest: weblate-2026.11.1, 5 November 2026
Issue repliesWithin ~6 daysMedian first reply; 55% of recent issues answered
Bus factorHigh riskOne person wrote all recent commits
  • Activity
    4,192 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 6 November 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    1 person wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 100% of them.
    2 / 20
  • Releases
    15+ releases in the last 12 months; the latest, weblate-2026.11.1, on 5 November 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 55% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 6 days.
    12 / 20
  • Security practices
    OpenSSF Scorecard 7.9 of 10.
    8 / 10

Read from GitHub on 6 November 2026. How the score works

Weblate security practices

OpenSSF Scorecard checks how a project is developed and released: reviews, protected branches, pinned dependencies, signed releases. It does not audit the code itself.

OpenSSF Scorecard7.9 of 10How the project is built and released
Security policyYesExplains how to report a vulnerability
Signed releasesPartlyOnly some downloads can be checked against a signature

What each check found

  • Binary files10 / 10No compiled binaries checked into the repository
  • Contributor base10 / 10Contributors come from several organizations
  • Dangerous workflows10 / 10No risky patterns in GitHub Actions
  • Dependency updates10 / 10A tool such as Dependabot keeps dependencies up to date
  • License file10 / 10A license file is present
  • Maintained10 / 10Steady commits and issue activity in the last 90 days
  • Packaging10 / 10Releases are published as packages from CI
  • Security policy10 / 10Explains how to report a vulnerability
  • Static analysis10 / 10Code is scanned for bugs on every change
  • Tests in CI10 / 10Tests run on every pull request
  • Token permissions10 / 10CI tokens have only the rights they need
  • Known vulnerabilities9 / 10Some open known vulnerabilities in the code or its dependencies
  • Pinned dependencies9 / 10Some dependencies use fixed versions
  • Signed releases8 / 10Some releases are signed
  • Best-practices badge5 / 10Working towards the OpenSSF Best Practices badge
  • Branch protection3 / 10Rules on the main branch are partly enforced
  • Code review0 / 10Changes are merged without review
  • Fuzzing0 / 10No fuzz testing found

From the OpenSSF Scorecard of 6 November 2026. Checks that do not apply to Weblate are left out.

Weblate license: is it open source?

Weblate uses GPL-3.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI. Some features sit under a separate paid license inside the same repository.

  1. February 2012First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayGPL-3.0, with paid parts: separate license docs/contributing/license.rst (Weblate license).

Weblate for developers

Written in

  • Python 92%
  • Jinja 5%
  • JavaScript 2%
  • CSS <1%
  • Shell <1%
  • Other <1%

Getting involved

Contributing guideNot foundNo CONTRIBUTING file in the repository
Open issues423On GitHub
Authors, 90 days1Of the latest 100 commits
Donations4 waysGitHub Sponsors, Open Collective, Liberapay, own page

Language shares are GitHub’s count of the code in the repository.

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Questions about Weblate

Is Weblate open source?

Yes. Weblate is published under GPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license. Some features are kept under a separate paid license in the same repository.

Is Weblate still maintained?

Its health score is 71 of 100 (actively developed). It had 4,192 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 6 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 5 November 2026.

How do I run Weblate?

You can run it with Docker. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What is Weblate written in?

Weblate is written mainly in Python (92% of the code), with Jinja (5%), by GitHub’s count of the repository.

What languages is Weblate available in?

The repository has interface translations for 82 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and Russian.

What are the alternatives to Weblate?

Close alternatives in the Developer tools category include Sentry, Flagsmith, Opik.