StarDict Alternatives

StarDict has been discontinued. Similar apps include Google Translate, which is free. Other options are GoldenDict, Wiktionary, WordReference and Tatoeba. Dictionaries like StarDict are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for the web, Android, iPhone, Windows and iPad.

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StarDict alternatives page was last updated Dec 19, 2025

ImTranslator
13 likes
Browser extension that provides online translations powered by Babylon, Google, Microsoft and other translation engines for over 66 languages.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application type
Translator
Platforms
Google Chrome
Yandex.Browser
Opera
Firefox
+2
Good alternative?Is ImTranslator a good alternative to StarDict?
Blueseal Dictionary
9 likes
Multilingual dictionary. The Blueseal dictionary provides translations of words and expressions between German, English, Spanish and French in all possible combinations. It also provides a synonym dictionary for all these languages.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Dictionary
Translator
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Android
iPhone
Blackberry
Chrome OS
Android Tablet
Windows Phone
iPad
Good alternative?Is Blueseal Dictionary a good alternative to StarDict?
Meaning Monkey
2 likes
The meaning and definition of 140.000+ words. Meaning Monkey is a free online dictionary. Can't find something? Take part in the enlargement of MeaningMonkey.org! Let's build the world's next favorite dictionary together.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application type
Dictionary
Platforms
Online
+1
Good alternative?Is Meaning Monkey a good alternative to StarDict?
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dictd
3 likes
Client/server software, human language dictionary databases, and tools supporting the DICT protocol (RFC 2229).
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Dictionary
Translator
Platforms
Linux
D
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Purple Dictionary
4 likes
Dictionary from the Elementary project.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Dictionary
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
Good alternative?Is Purple Dictionary a good alternative to StarDict?
PROMT Translator
17 likes
Offers online/offline translation, a dictionary, and phrasebooks. Syncs translations, supports text, speech, and image translation. Includes 18 language profiles, translation widget, and premium features like ad-free usage and offline mode.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Translator
Origin
Russia
Platforms
Windows
Online
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
HUAWEI AppGallery
iPad
Russia
Good alternative?Is PROMT Translator a good alternative to StarDict?
SkyDic
Like
SkyDic is a powerful dictionary which is compatible with MDict data format.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Dictionary
Platforms
Windows Phone
Good alternative?Is SkyDic a good alternative to StarDict?
Dictionary Universal
Like
An application for viewing StarDict dictionaries and dictionaries in Lingvo DSL format.
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Application type
Dictionary
Origin
United States
Platforms
iPhone
iPad
United States
+6
Good alternative?Is Dictionary Universal a good alternative to StarDict?
Babiloo
4 likes
Babiloo is a free open source software developed to read offline dictionaries.

Runs on most of the platforms, Windows, Linux, MacOS, Nokia S60 (>1.9).

Supports dictionaries in SDictionary, and StarDict formats.

HTML displaying for the supported dictionaries.

Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Translator
Dictionary
Origin
Spain
EU
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Spain
EU
Good alternative?Is Babiloo a good alternative to StarDict?
RSTGameTranslation
2 likes
🎮 Real-time Game Translation Tool | OCR + AI Translation | Windows Gaming | Open Source.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Origin
Vietnam
Platforms
Windows
Vietnam
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Textshuttle
Like
A Swiss machine translation service.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Platforms
Online
Good alternative?Is Textshuttle a good alternative to StarDict?
Cli-dictionary
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Get a word's meaning from a command line! Languages: english, portuguese, hindi, spanish, french, japanese, russian, german, italian, korean, chinese, arabic, turkish.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Dictionary
Platforms
Linux
Terminal
Good alternative?Is Cli-dictionary a good alternative to StarDict?