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Translation editor. Version 3.10 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Project history and usage
Poedit is an open-source graphical editor for software-localization files, best known for its GNU gettext workflow and cross-platform desktop interface.
Project history
Poedit is an open-source, cross-platform translation editor maintained by Václav Slavík. Its original and most complete workflow centers on GNU gettext PO, POT, and compiled MO files, and it also acts as a graphical frontend to gettext-related utilities.
The project evolved beyond basic catalog editing with source-code extraction, validation, translation memory, pre-translation, machine-translation providers, cloud localization integrations, and dedicated WordPress workflows.
Adoption history
Poedit became a broadly packaged desktop localization tool: the project distributes official Windows and macOS binaries and a Linux Snap, while noting that many Linux distributions provide native packages.
Its gettext workflow is especially relevant to open-source and WordPress localization, while later releases broadened support to XLIFF, JSON, RESX, Qt TS, Flutter ARB, and other structured translation formats.
How it is used
Translators open a structured localization file, edit strings with context and validation assistance, and save the result; gettext PO files can also be compiled into MO files.
Developers use Poedit to create catalogs from source code, update existing catalogs, translate WordPress themes and plugins, and connect selected cloud-localization projects.
Why package nerds care
Poedit is a familiar graphical companion to GNU gettext. It gives translators and developers a desktop workflow for formats that are otherwise commonly manipulated with command-line gettext utilities or localization-platform tooling.
The official repository, cross-platform build system, Linux distribution packages, Snap, and Homebrew cask make Poedit a useful example of an open-source desktop application distributed through several packaging ecosystems.
Timeline
- 2023: Poedit's repository continued the 3.x release series across macOS, Windows, and Unix-like systems.
- 2026-06-04: Poedit 3.9.1 was released from the official repository.
Related projects
- GNU gettext provides the PO, POT, and MO ecosystem at the center of Poedit's original workflow.
- WordPress is a prominent Poedit use case because its themes and plugins commonly use gettext catalogs.
- Crowdin and Localazy are supported cloud-localization integrations.
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- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version3.10
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://poedit.net/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:poedit |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.10 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/poedit |
| Homepage | https://poedit.net/ |
| Upstream docs | https://poedit.net/ |
| Source archive | https://download.poedit.net/Poedit-3.10.zip |
| SHA-256 | 92b4891ef97ee8f7d1b919249d2534e11308b9daacdeaf1cb9f656ef3e371f6c |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | poedit |
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| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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