The Best Open Source Google Translate AlternativesTop Translators & Text to Speech Services like Google Translate

The best open source alternative to Google Translate is Apertium. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Google Translate and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Google Translate are Lingva Translate, LibreTranslate, Translate You and Crow Translate.

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  1. Apertium icon

    Apertium

     50 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • ONLYOFFICE
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    Apertium vs Google Translate Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    8

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Top Negative Comment
    RemovedUser
    5

    With Google Translate, we can translate any language to any language. Apertium only allows the translation of specific languages to other specific ones. Eg.: Portuguese to only Catalan, Spanish and Galician, but not English, French or German like Google Translate does.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Paul
    Positive
    0

    A good free and open source alternative to Google Translate and DeepL.

    3 of 5 comments
    • Apertium is Free and Open SourceGoogle Translate is Free and Proprietary
    • Apertium is Privacy focused and LightweightGoogle Translate is not according to our users
  2. Lingva Translate icon

    Lingva Translate

     44 likes

    Alternative front-end for Google Translate, serving as a Free and Open Source translator with over a hundred languages available

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Darlene Sonalder
    Positive
    3

    It's basically Google Translate without all the tracking !

    • Lingva Translate is Free and Open SourceGoogle Translate is Free and Proprietary
    • Lingva Translate is Privacy focused and LightweightGoogle Translate is not according to our users
  5. Translate You icon

    Translate You

     28 likes

    Translate You is a Translator App built with Material Design 3 (You) using the LibreTranslate API.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    e5tcadpv5
    Positive
    0

    Foss, 200+ languages supported with multiple translation engins, unfortunately no offline translation and voice translation isn't the best

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    It's foss app and works good! Really great thing is backend change option.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Translate You is Free and Open SourceGoogle Translate is Free and Proprietary
    • Translate You is Privacy focused and LightweightGoogle Translate is not according to our users
  6. Crow Translate icon

    Crow Translate

     36 likes

    Crow Translate is a simple and lightweight translator programmed in C++ / Qt that allows to translate and speak text using Google, Yandex and Bing translate API.

    82 Crow Translate alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  7. SimplyTranslate icon

    SimplyTranslate

     19 likes

    SimplyTranslate offers a lightweight alternative frontend for Google Translate, supporting 108 languages and Text-To-Speech, catering to privacy-conscious users with diverse needs. It also integrates Reverso Context and iCIBA to broaden language learning tools.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Android
    Light theme
     
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    Linguist

     11 likes

    Linguist is a browser extension that translates pages and text, potentially replacing your current translation service. It offers real-time page translation, selected text translation, manual input translation, and a dictionary to save important translations.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  11. Argos Translate icon

    Argos Translate

     8 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Brave Translate icon

    Brave Translate

     6 likes

    Brave Translate is the in-built translation feature of the Brave web browser, offering fast and accurate translations across 108 languages. Powered by Lingvanex, it prioritizes user privacy by removing IP addresses and not storing translated text. Easily accessible via the address bar.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  13. Simple Translate icon

    Simple Translate

     7 likes

    WebExtensions for translating text on web pages. Contribute to sienori/simple-translate development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
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