Open-source (MIT) localization —
read the code, run it yourself
transglot is open-source under the MIT license: a modern, present-day alternative if you’re migrating off Texterify or evaluating tools like Weblate or Tolgee. It’s a standard Laravel app you can self-host today — there’s no Docker image or one-click installer yet (packaged Docker and enterprise air-gap are on the roadmap), or skip the ops and use our hosted cloud.
Built to remove the friction you already know
The open-source path trades convenience for control — here’s honestly where that trade lands today.
You want full control over where your translation data lives, not a black-box SaaS.
- transglot is open-source under the MIT license — read the code and self-host the app yourself today, keeping every string, key, and translation memory entry under your control. (A packaged Docker image and enterprise air-gap options are on the roadmap; there’s no one-click installer yet.)
Migrating off Texterify (or evaluating tools like Weblate or Tolgee) feels risky with no clear modern alternative.
- transglot is a modern, actively developed, MIT-licensed Texterify alternative — plus a keyboard-first editor, AI translation, a REST API, a CLI, and a GitHub Action out of the box.
Open-source projects need affordable, no-nonsense localization tooling without a per-seat SaaS bill.
- The Free plan is genuinely self-serve — no credit card required — and every paid plan includes unlimited seats, so growing your contributor base never adds cost.
Contributors and maintainers need to automate translation, not click through a UI for every string.
- The transglot CLI, the GitHub Action, the REST API with signed webhooks, and an MCP server your AI agent can call let you script pulls, pushes, and AI translation triggers from your own CI — whether you self-host the app or use the cloud.
What you get
A curated set of transglot capabilities most relevant to this workflow.
Open-source under MIT
The full app is MIT-licensed — read the code and self-host it yourself today. There’s no Docker image or one-click installer yet; a packaged Docker path and enterprise air-gap options are on the roadmap. Or use our hosted cloud and skip the ops.
A modern Texterify alternative
MIT-licensed, with a keyboard-first editor, Claude-powered AI translation, translation memory, a developer API, a CLI, a GitHub Action, and an MCP server — built for teams migrating off Texterify or evaluating Weblate or Tolgee.
API, CLI, MCP & webhooks
Pull, push, and trigger AI translation from the REST API, the zero-dependency CLI, the GitHub Action, or the @transglot/mcp server (15 tools, 1:1 over the API); subscribe signed webhooks across 10 events to automate your own pipeline.
Free, self-serve plan
No credit card required to start. 2,000 words a month, 1 project, 3 seats — enough to try a real project before you commit to self-hosting or a paid cloud plan.
Black-box SaaS vs code you can actually read
What changes, concretely
- Where your data lives: instead of wherever the vendor’s black-box SaaS decides to put it, your data sits on infrastructure you choose if you self-host the MIT-licensed app yourself — or the hosted cloud, your call.
- Understanding how it works: instead of closed source where behavior is whatever the docs say (or don’t), the MIT license lets you read the actual translation, glossary, and QA logic in the repo.
- Cost to evaluate: instead of a sales call and a trial that expires before you’ve really tested it, there’s a genuinely free, self-serve plan — no credit card required — plus the option to self-host for free entirely.
- Deployment convenience: honestly, some self-hosted tools ship a packaged Docker image today and transglot does not — you run the standard Laravel app yourself. A Docker image is on the roadmap; the hosted cloud is the zero-ops option today.
Questions, answered
What the MIT license covers, how self-hosting works today, and where Texterify, Weblate, and Tolgee fit.
Yes — the code is open-source under the MIT license, so it’s a genuine present-day alternative to Texterify, Weblate, or Tolgee. It’s a standard Laravel app you can self-host today. There’s no Docker image, one-click installer, or self-host guide yet — a packaged Docker path and enterprise air-gap options are on the roadmap. Or use our hosted cloud and skip running infrastructure.
Where to go next
Everything the repo reads and writes, the surface you can script against, and what the hosted plans add.
Integrations & formats
Every file format and framework the app reads and writes.
Developer Platform
The REST API, CLI, and GitHub Action, for scripting your own workflow.
Pricing
See the free, self-serve tier and what paid plans unlock.
