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Tolgee

★ 3k

Developer-friendly localization platform with in-context editing and machine-translation assists.

Tolgee does the job of Lokalise and Crowdin, self-hosted. It is Apache-2.0-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and it installs in about one command. Lokalise bills $25 for it.

Open-source replacement for Lokalise, Crowdin.

Licence
Apache-2.0
Self-hosting
Easy
The paid one costs
$25
GitHub stars
3k
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Is it actually a replacement?

We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:

How Tolgee runs

Where it runs

Tolgee runs on your machine or their cloud.

Installing it

Hosted Tolgee Cloud signup or the official Docker Compose deployment with PostgreSQL.

Where your data lives

Self-hosted projects, keys, translations, users, and translation memory live in PostgreSQL, while screenshots and uploaded files live under the persistent data directory; cloud accounts store the same classes of data on Tolgee infrastructure.

What setup takes

None for cloud signup; self-hosting needs Docker, an external PostgreSQL database, persistent file storage, mail/domain/TLS, backups, and provider keys for third-party translation engines.

The catch compared with Crowdin

Tolgee has fewer marketplace, vendor-management, enterprise permission, repository, design-tool, and workflow integrations than Crowdin at scale.

Tolgee questions

Is Tolgee open source?

Yes — it is released under Apache-2.0.

Can Tolgee replace Lokalise?

Our verdict on Lokalise is YES. Weblate (6k stars), Tolgee (4k stars), Mozilla Pontoon (2k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Lokalise — self-host with docker and stop paying $144/mo.

Can I self-host Tolgee?

Yes — we rate it easy to self-host, and it runs on your machine or their cloud. Hosted Tolgee Cloud signup or the official Docker Compose deployment with PostgreSQL.

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