LibreTranslate

Free and Open Source Machine Translation API. Self-hosted, offline capable and easy to setup.

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Free and Open Source Machine Translation API, entirely self-hosted. Unlike other APIs, it doesn't rely on proprietary software such as Google or Azure to perform translations. Instead, its translation engine is powered by the open source Argos Translate library.

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This work is largely possible thanks to Argos Translate, which powers the translation engine.

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GNU Affero General Public License v3

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