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PDFMathTranslatePartial37kAGPL-3.0Open sourceYesPythonv1.9.112026-10-06
NextAI TranslatorPartial25kAGPL-3.0Open sourceYesTypeScriptv0.6.432026-09-03
LibreTranslatePartial17kAGPL-3.0Open sourceYesPythonv1.9.62026-09-28
BabelDOCPartial9.7kAGPL-3.0Open sourceYesPythonv0.6.42026-08-05
Argos TranslatePartial6.5kMITOpen sourceYesPythonv1.4.02026-08-08
MTranServerPartial4.7kApache-2.0Open sourceYesC++v4.0.332026-03-08

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PDFMathTranslatePartial

[EMNLP 2025 Demo] PDF scientific paper translation with preserved formats - 基于 AI 完整保留排版的 PDF 文档全文双语翻译,支持 Google/DeepL/Ollama/OpenAI 等服务,提供 CLI/GUI/MCP/Docker/Zotero

Translates scientific PDFs while keeping formulas, charts and layout.

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Python
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AGPL-3.0
Stars
37k
Latest
v1.9.11
Last push
2026-10-06
NextAI TranslatorPartial

基于 ChatGPT API 的划词翻译浏览器插件和跨平台桌面端应用 - Browser extension and cross-platform desktop application for translation based on ChatGPT API.

A desktop app and browser extension that translates and polishes text through an LLM API.

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TypeScript
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AGPL-3.0
Stars
25k
Latest
v0.6.43
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LibreTranslatePartial

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

Self-hosted translation API built on Argos Translate models.

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Python
Licence
AGPL-3.0
Stars
17k
Latest
v1.9.6
Last push
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BabelDOCPartial

Yet Another Document Translator

Translates PDF documents into bilingual or translated-only PDFs from the command line.

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Python
Licence
AGPL-3.0
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9.7k
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v0.6.4
Last push
2026-08-05
Argos TranslatePartial

Open-source offline translation library written in Python

Offline translation from Python or the command line, with downloadable language packages.

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Python
Licence
MIT
Stars
6.5k
Latest
v1.4.0
Last push
2026-08-08
MTranServerPartial

Offline translation model server with low resource consumption, fast speed, and private deployment capability. 低资源占用速度快可私有部署的离线翻译模型服务器

Offline translation on CPU with a DeepL API v2 compatible endpoint; its small models trade quality for speed.

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C++
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Apache-2.0
Stars
4.7k
Latest
v4.0.33
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2026-03-08

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