DeepL Translator Alternatives for Linux

DeepL Translator is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Apertium, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to DeepL Translator and nine of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to DeepL Translator are Argos Translate, dict.cc, Pot Translator and LocalTranslate.

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DeepL Translator alternatives page was last updated Mar 13, 2025
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  1. Apertium icon

    Apertium

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    Apertium is a rule-based machine translation platform. It is free software and released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • ES flagSpain
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • ONLYOFFICE
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  GPLv3

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    • Almost everyone thinks Apertium is a great DeepL Translator alternative.

    • Apertium is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to DeepL Translator.

    • Apertium is Free and Open SourceDeepL Translator is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Apertium is Privacy focused and LightweightDeepL Translator is not according to our users
  2. Argos Translate icon

    Argos Translate

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    Open source offline translation app written in Python. Uses OpenNMT for translations, SentencePiece for tokenization, Stanza for sentence boundary detection, and PyQt for GUI. Designed to be used either as a GUI application or as a Python library.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Argos Translate screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Built-in Dictionary
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Offline
    6.  Multiple languages

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  4. dict.cc icon

    dict.cc

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    dict.cc is not only an online dictionary translating from English and German to 21 languages. Its an attempt to create a platform where users from all over the world can share their knowledge in the field of translations.

    93 dict.cc alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Try the PDA version of this dictionary!

    dict.cc Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Text to Speech
    3.  Crowdsourced
    4.  Website Translation
    5.  User generated

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  5. Pot Translator icon

    Pot Translator

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    A cross-platform software for text translation and recognition.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Built-in Dictionary
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Text to Speech
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Full-Text Search
    9.  Spell Checking
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Screenshot OCR
    12.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts

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  6. LocalTranslate icon

    LocalTranslate

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    LocalTranslate is an offline translation application that uses Firefox’s neural translation models to perform high-quality translations locally on your device.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    LocalTranslate Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  AI-Translation
    7.  AI-Powered

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  7. Translate Shell icon

    Translate Shell

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    Translate Shell (formerly Google Translate CLI) is a command-line translator powered by Google Translate (default), Bing Translator, Yandex.Translate and Apertium.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • VN flagVietnam

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Translate Shell screenshot 1

    Translate Shell Features

    1.  Online translation

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  9. S3.Translator icon

    S3.Translator

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    S3.Translator is a browser extension offering automatic translations, language learning, and subtitle translation in YouTube through Google Translate, supporting over 100 languages while preserving HTML formats for text, phrases, and web pages. Features include text-to-speech and language auto-detection.

    114 S3.Translator alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    S3.Translator Features

    1.  Website Translation
    2.  Firefox-based Browsers

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  10. ImageTrans

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    ImageTrans is a computer-aided image and comic translation tool. It can automatically locate text areas and perform OCR operations using state-of-art OCR technology and a homebrew text areas merging and detecting algorithm, which is specially designed for comics (also webtoon...

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    ImageTrans screenshot 1

    ImageTrans Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  OCR
    3.  Image to text

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  11. Lingo Translate icon

    Lingo Translate

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    Translate offline with local model made by Meta.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Lingo Translate screenshot 1

    Lingo Translate Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  AI-Powered
    5.  AI-Translation

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