macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install translate-toolkitlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install translate-toolkitMacPorts ports tree · textproc/translate-toolkit/Portfile · source: api.github.com
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Install translate-toolkit with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, pacman, zypper
Toolkit for localization engineers. Version 3.19.17 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-01. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install python3-translate.
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Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install translate-toolkitDebian stable package indexes · translate-toolkit · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install translate-toolkitFedora Rawhide package metadata · translate-toolkit · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S translate-toolkitArch Linux sync databases · translate-toolkit · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install python313-translate-toolkitopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · python313-translate-toolkit · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Toolkit for localization engineers
Project links
Commands and aliases
- android2po
- arb2po
- asciidoc2po
- csv2po
- csv2tbx
- dtd2po
- flatxml2po
- fluent2po
- html2po
- ical2po
- idml2po
- ini2po
- json2po
- junitmsgfmt
- md2po
- mdx2po
- moz2po
- mozfunny2prop
- mozlang2po
- odf2po
- odf2xliff
- oo2po
- oo2xliff
- php2po
- phppo2pypo
- po2asciidoc
- po2csv
- po2dtd
- po2flatxml
- po2html
- po2ical
- po2idml
history
Project history and usage
Translate Toolkit is a long-running collection of localization command-line tools and Python APIs for converting, checking, counting, reviewing, and manipulating translation files. It is one of the older package-manager-visible tool suites in the i18n and gettext ecosystem.
Project history
The official history says the toolkit was developed by David Fraser while working for Translate.org.za. It began after Translate.org.za moved from KDE translation work, which was PO based, to Mozilla translation work using DTD and `.properties` files; the initial tools, called mozpotools, converted those formats into PO so translators could keep using existing PO workflows.
As the project grew, pofilter was created to catch translation breakage around variables and accelerators, pomerge was created to merge fixes back, and pocount gave teams a better measure of translation volume. The toolkit then expanded to OpenOffice.org, TMX, Qt `.ts`, text, and OpenOffice.org SXW support, with the core idea that formats could be converted to PO for use with Gettext tools and existing translations.
The 2006 WordForge project funded deeper architectural changes, including base storage classes for PO and XLIFF, more consistent handling of encodings and plural forms, translation-memory and glossary tooling, and adaptation of Pootle to use XLIFF as well as PO. Later ANLoc work produced further format support and improvements across the translation tools.
Adoption history
Translate Toolkit has been adopted by localization engineers because it covers both command-line batch operations and reusable Python storage classes. The official README describes converters to common PO and XLIFF formats, QA tools, terminology tools, and storage support for DTD, properties, OpenOffice.org GSI/SDF, CSV, MO, Qt `.ts`, TMX, TBX, Gettext, Windows RC, PO, and XLIFF.
The toolkit also became infrastructure for related localization applications. The official history says Pootle became a web wrapper around the file-based toolkit and Pootling became a GUI wrapper in the same spirit, while the release notes explicitly tell users of Weblate, Pootle, Virtaal, and other applications that use the toolkit to watch toolkit changes.
How it is used
Users install the toolkit through Python packaging or distribution packages, then call many small commands such as `po2xliff`, `xliff2po`, `moz2po`, `csv2po`, `pofilter`, `pomerge`, `pocount`, `pogrep`, `pocompile`, and `poterminology`. The common pattern is to convert a source format into PO or XLIFF, run QA or review tooling, and convert or merge results back into the target project format.
Why package nerds care
For package nerds, Translate Toolkit is significant because it is not one executable but a dense toolbox of format converters and QA utilities. Packaging it exposes a large suite of commands for build systems, localization teams, downstream distributions, and translation-platform maintainers.
Its history is also a useful reminder that package-manager i18n tools often come from real localization production needs: Mozilla, OpenOffice.org, Gettext, XLIFF, PO, and translation-memory formats all shaped the toolkit's command set.
Timeline
- Early history: The toolkit began at Translate.org.za as mozpotools for converting Mozilla DTD and `.properties` files to PO.
- Growth phase: pofilter, pomerge, and pocount were added to catch breakage, merge corrections, and measure translation work.
- 2006: The WordForge project funded major PO/XLIFF architecture and tool improvements.
- Later ANLoc work: The project gained more bilingual and monolingual format support and improved translation tools.
- 2026: Official GitHub releases list Translate Toolkit 3.19.13.
Related projects
- Translate Toolkit is closely related to Translate.org.za, Pootle, Pootling, Virtaal, Weblate, Gettext, XLIFF, and the broader Translate project hosted in the `translate/translate` repository.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for translate-toolkit. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
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arb2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
asciidoc2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
csv2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
csv2tbx | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
dtd2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
flatxml2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
fluent2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
html2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
ical2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
idml2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
ini2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
json2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
junitmsgfmt | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
md2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mdx2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
moz2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mozfunny2prop | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mozlang2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
odf2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
odf2xliff | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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php2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
phppo2pypo | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2asciidoc | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2csv | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2dtd | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2flatxml | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2html | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2ical | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2idml | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2ini | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2json | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2md | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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po2mozlang | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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po2php | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2prop | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2rc | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2resx | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2sub | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2symb | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2tiki | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2tmx | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2toml | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2ts | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2txt | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2web2py | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2wordfast | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2wxl | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2xliff | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
po2yaml | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
poclean | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
pocommentclean | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
pocompendium | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
pocompile | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
poconflicts | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
pocount | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
podebug | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
pofilter | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
pogrep | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
pomerge | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
pomigrate2 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
popuretext | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
poreencode | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
porestructure | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
posegment | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
posplit | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
poswap | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
pot2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
poterminology | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
pretranslate | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
prop2mozfunny | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
prop2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
pydiff | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
pypo2phppo | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
rc2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
resx2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
sub2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
symb2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
tbx2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
template2translation | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
tiki2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
toml2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
ts2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
txt2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
web2py2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
wxl2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
xliff2odf | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
xliff2oo | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
xliff2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
yaml2po | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version3.19.17
manager updated2026-08-01
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:translate-toolkit |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.19.17 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://toolkit.translatehouse.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/translate/translate |
| Last updated | 2026-08-01T16:06:04Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
python3-translate 3.15.1-1
Toolkit assisting in the localization of software (Python 3)
https://toolkit.translatehouse.org/
sudo apt install python3-translate- Section: python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: translate-toolkit
- 5 dependencies
- 16 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Translate Toolkit
Debian apt95%
translate-toolkit 3.15.1-1
Toolkit assisting in the localization of software
https://toolkit.translatehouse.org/
sudo apt install translate-toolkit- Section: devel
- Architecture: all
- 2 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Translate Toolkit
Debian apt95%
translate-toolkit-doc 3.15.1-1
Toolkit assisting in the localization of software (documentation)
https://toolkit.translatehouse.org/
sudo apt install translate-toolkit-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: translate-toolkit
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Translate Toolkit
Ubuntu apt95%
python3-translate 3.12.2-1ubuntu1
Toolkit assisting in the localization of software (Python 3)
https://toolkit.translatehouse.org/
sudo apt install python3-translate- Section: universe/python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: translate-toolkit
- 4 dependencies
- 17 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Translate Toolkit
Ubuntu apt95%
translate-toolkit 3.12.2-1ubuntu1
Toolkit assisting in the localization of software
https://toolkit.translatehouse.org/
sudo apt install translate-toolkit- Section: universe/python
- Architecture: all
- 4 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Translate Toolkit
Ubuntu apt95%
translate-toolkit-doc 3.12.2-1ubuntu1
Toolkit assisting in the localization of software (documentation)
https://toolkit.translatehouse.org/
sudo apt install translate-toolkit-doc- Section: universe/doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: translate-toolkit
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Translate Toolkit
dnf95%
translate-toolkit 3.19.13-2.fc45
Tools to assist with translation and software localization
http://toolkit.translatehouse.org/
sudo dnf install translate-toolkit- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: translate-toolkit
- 20 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Translate Toolkit
pacman95%
translate-toolkit 3.19.10-1
A toolkit to convert between various different translation formats, help process and validate localisations
https://toolkit.translatehouse.org/
sudo pacman -S translate-toolkit- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: any
- 6 dependencies
- 8 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Translate Toolkit
zypper95%
python313-translate-toolkit 3.19.9-1.2
Tools and API to assist with translation and software localization
https://toolkit.translatehouse.org/
sudo zypper install python313-translate-toolkit- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: translate-toolkit
- 10 dependencies
- 5 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Translate Toolkit
zypper95%
python314-translate-toolkit 3.19.9-1.2
Tools and API to assist with translation and software localization
https://toolkit.translatehouse.org/
sudo zypper install python314-translate-toolkit- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: translate-toolkit
- 10 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Translate Toolkit
MacPorts95%
translate-toolkit
sudo port install translate-toolkit- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Translate Toolkit
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