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 19 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Google Translate are Lingva Translate, LibreTranslate, Crow Translate and Translate You.

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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.

    79 Apertium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
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    Guest
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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. Languages supported in...

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    RemovedUser
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    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.

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

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    • Most users think Apertium is a great Google Translate alternative.

    • Apertium is the most popular Linux alternative to Google Translate.

    • Apertium is the most popular Open Source alternative to Google Translate.

    • 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

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

    70 Lingva Translate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Darlene Sonalder
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    It's basically Google Translate without all the tracking !

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    • Almost everyone thinks Lingva Translate is a great Google Translate alternative.

    • Lingva Translate is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Google Translate.

    • 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
  4. LibreTranslate icon

    LibreTranslate

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    Free and Open Source Translation API. 100% self-hosted, no limits, no ties to proprietary services. Built on top of Argos Translate.

    100 LibreTranslate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Crow Translate icon

    Crow Translate

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    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.

    78 Crow Translate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  6. Translate You icon

    Translate You

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

    82 Translate You alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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

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

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    • Almost everyone thinks Translate You is a great Google Translate alternative.

    • 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
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    SimplyTranslate

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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

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

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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  10. RTranslator icon

    RTranslator

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    Open source real-time translation app for Android that runs locally.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
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    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.

    74 Argos Translate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Brave Translate icon

    Brave Translate

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    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.

    43 Brave Translate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  13. Simple Translate icon

    Simple Translate

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

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