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Argos Translate vs BabelDOC
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| Fact | Argos Translate | BabelDOC |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Python | Python |
| Licence | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Stars | 6.5k | 9.7k |
| Latest | v1.4.0 | v0.6.4 |
| Last push | 2026-08-08 | 2026-08-05 |
| Release cadence | too few releases | about 13 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 1 commit author on the default branch in the last 90 days | 1 commit author on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace DeepL. Alternatives to DeepL →
PartialArgos TranslateOffline translation from Python or the command line, with downloadable language packages.
PartialBabelDOCTranslates PDF documents into bilingual or translated-only PDFs from the command line.
Argos Translate
- v1.4.02021-08-24Argos Translate macOS 1.4.0
BabelDOC
- v0.6.42026-07-16Added a unified per-page raster pixel budget for layout detection, improving
- v0.6.32026-06-03Fixed translated output for PDFs that use Type3 fonts with a non-default
- v0.6.22026-05-08Fixed a CI lint issue in the public source package.
- v0.6.12026-05-08Fixed recursion-depth failures that could occur while translating PDFs with
- v0.6.02026-05-07BabelDOC's translation pipeline now uses a substantially rewritten PDF parser.
Argos Translate
unsigned The latest release, v1.4.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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BabelDOC
unsigned The latest release, v0.6.4, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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