Weblate review
A strong open-source localization platform for teams working in version control.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Weblate is a web-based continuous localization platform for developers, translators, and organizations managing multilingual software. It is designed for teams that keep translation work connected to development workflows, with Git and Mercurial integration, support for repositories such as GitHub, GitLab, Azure, Gitea, Bitbucket, and Pagure, and compatibility with formats including HTML, OpenDocument, XLIFF, JSON, and gettext. Self-hosted libre software, hosted plans, and a free hosted option for qualifying libre projects give teams several deployment paths.
Pricing is organized around hosted-string capacity. The 10k plan costs €47 per month and includes 10,000 hosted strings, unlimited languages, projects, and components. The 40k plan is €70 per month; 160k is €114; 640k is €193; 2.5M is €342; and 10M is €616 per month. Each listed hosted tier includes unlimited languages, projects, and components. Hosted plans include a 14-day trial. Self-hosted Weblate includes unlimited hosted strings, languages, projects, and components, with paid support available. Gratis Weblate includes 160,000 hosted strings, unlimited languages and components, and one project for qualifying libre projects.
Its strongest fit is continuous software localization rather than general-purpose translation work. Translation memory supports import, search, and reuse, while glossaries, terminology management, customizable quality checks, context, screenshots, comments, translator attribution, review tools, and machine-translation suggestions support an ongoing review process. The REST API, API documentation, and HTML and JavaScript localization through CDN add-ons extend its platform reach. Choose Weblate when open-source deployment, repository-based workflows, and localization depth matter; consider another option if the priority is a simpler translation tool without project and component administration.
Weblate pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Open-source deployment with hosted and self-hosted options
- Git and Mercurial workflows with broad format support
- Translation memory, glossaries, QA, APIs, and website localization
- Where it doesn't
- Hosted pricing scales by the number of hosted strings
- Gratis Weblate is limited to one project and available upon request
- Website localization is provided through CDN add-ons
Weblate fact sheet, pricing and score →
Advertiser disclosure: iTechGuides is reader-supported. Vendors can pay for top positions in our rankings and for a place on other products' pages, and we may earn a commission when you click some links. Bought places stand at the number bought; this page and our disclosure say so. Paying vendors may get a fuller, more detailed review from our editors, and that review can change their score. How we rank.
Last updated · How we research and update