Free and Open Source Translation API. 100% self-hosted, no limits, no ties to proprietary services. Built on top of Argos Translate.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Open Source Google Translate AlternativesTop Translators & Text to Speech Services like Google Translate
The best open source alternative to Google Translate is LibreTranslate. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 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, Offline Translator, SimplyTranslate and Crow Translate.
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Most Google Translate alternatives are Translators, but you can also narrow the list to Text to Speech Services or Dictionaries. Other popular filters are Open Source, EU, Linux, Mac and Android. You can also filter for EU-based alternatives if you prefer software from the European Union.
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- 135 LibreTranslate alternatives
97 Lingva Translate alternativesAlternative front-end for Google Translate, serving as a Free and Open Source translator with over a hundred languages available
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Global
Use Firefox Translation Models for on-device translation on Android. This is app is not developed by Mozilla. It depends on firefox translation models and Tesseract OCR.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
Netherlands
EU
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 (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- F-Droid
- Android
Germany- EU
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108 Crow Translate alternativesCrow 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Ukraine
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
- Obtainium
- OpenAPK
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 (BSD-3-Clause)
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Global
+3
103 Apertium alternativesApertium 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
Spain- EU
146 LibreTranslator alternativesAndroid translation app using the LibreTranslate engine for translating text across 16 languages, with UI in English and German, five customizable themes, no ads, offline privacy, direct sharing of results, open-source code, lightweight performance and regular updates.
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
- Global
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
98 Argos Translate alternativesOpen 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
United States
109 QTranslate - Free Translator Software alternativesFree, open-source desktop translation tool. Select text anywhere, press Ctrl+Q, translation appears — no browser needed. Plugin-based, so when a service breaks you swap the plugin. Includes Google, Bing, and AI plugins (Gemini, GPT, Mistral, Claude).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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