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Libre Translate

Libre Translate is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Utilities category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Python. It ships a Docker image. It has 17,185 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
17,185
Forks
1,789
Open issues
131
Commits, last 12 months
184
Last commit
Oct 26, 2026
Latest release
v1.9.6May 26, 2026
Created
Dec 19, 2020
License
AGPL-3.0Open source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 184 commits in 12 months.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commitOct 26, 2026
Commits, last 12 months184
Latest releasev1.9.6 (May 26, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months10 or more
Releases, all time53
Open issues131
Open pull requests0
Good first issues2
Contributing guideYes
Security policyNo
CreatedDec 19, 2020

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About Libre Translate

Machine Translation API.

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate.

Topics

  • translation
  • translate
  • api
  • machine
  • translator

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FAQ

Libre Translate FAQ

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Is Libre Translate free and open source?

Yes. Libre Translate is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run Libre Translate with Docker?

Yes. Libre Translate provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.

What are the best alternatives to Libre Translate?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to Libre Translate include Excalidraw, revealjs and penpot.

Is Libre Translate actively maintained?

The most recent commit to Libre Translate was on Oct 26, 2026 with 184 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.9.6, published May 26, 2026. It had 131 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.