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Free translation service on your own server

LibreTranslate offers a free and open source machine translation interface (API). This Python-based tool, which you can host on your own server, allows you to work offline without an internet connection.

Updates

  • September 27, 2026: Stars 15,834 → 16,858, latest release v1.9.6 (May 26, 2026).
  • August 2, 2026: Stars 15,075 → 15,834, latest release v1.9.6 (May 26, 2026).

What you get

  • Get rid of dependent services like Google or Azure
  • Translate offline without internet connection
  • Use a completely open source and free translation engine

Installation

Using pip (PyPI)
pip install libretranslate
Use Docker
docker run -p 5000:5000 libretranslate/libretranslate

Running it

Start translation server
libretranslate
Start translation server
libretranslate --port 5000

If you don't write code

Paste this into your AI agent (Claude Code · Codex · Antigravity)

I want to host the LibreTranslate tool on my own server. Could you please explain, as a step-by-step guide, the steps I need to follow to install this open source translation engine based on the Argos Translate library on my system and make it ready for offline use, without getting bogged down in technical details?

Repository: https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate. Follow the official instructions in the README of this repository for setup and execution.

Before starting, check which OS we are on and if the necessary tools (e.g., Python, Node.js, Git, Docker) are installed. Install any missing ones step-by-step according to this system.

Create a new, empty folder to work in. Do not touch any files outside this folder and do not delete anything. Tell me what you are going to do in one sentence before running each command.

Tell me what I should see on the screen at the end of each step. If an error occurs, I will paste the error message to you exactly as it is, and we will fix it together.

Related dictionary terms

Open SourceAPIArtificial Intelligence
Who it is forIt is suitable for users who care about data privacy and want to independently manage their own translation infrastructure.
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Links

TreScout did not build this tool · we found it in GitHub trends and wrote it up. This page describes the repository as of 2026-06-19: The star count and our text belong to that day, the repository may have changed since. Check the repository link for the current state. The introductory text was prepared with AI from the repository's own documentation, and this page was machine-translated from the Turkish original · the Turkish version prevails.