Translately

Open-source localization & translation management platform — bring your own AI key, all premium features free.

Translately is a self-hosted localization and translation management platform, built on Quarkus + Kotlin with a polished React + shadcn/ui webapp. Every feature is MIT — no paywall, no license key, no gated enterprise tier. Tasks, Branching, SSO, SAML, LDAP, Webhooks, Glossaries, custom S3 storage, granular permissions, and audit logs all ship free.

Differentiators

• Bring-your-own AI key. AI features are entirely opt-in. The platform never ships with model credentials. Configure Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, OpenAI-compatible (Codex, Ollama, local LLMs), DeepL, Google Translate, or AWS Translate — per project.
• No paywalled premium tier. Every feature is MIT, including SSO, SAML, LDAP, Tasks, Branching, Webhooks, Glossaries, custom storage, granular permissions, and audit logs.
• Quarkus. ~1s JVM startup, ~50ms native, lower memory than Spring. Friendlier to self-hosters on small VPS.
• God-level UI. Light + dark themes, ⌘K command palette, full keyboard nav, WCAG 2.1 AA.
• Open standards. ICU MessageFormat, CLDR plurals, OpenAPI 3, Conventional Commits, Keep-a-Changelog.

Status

Pre-alpha. Bootstrap phase. See _progress.md for live phase status and tasks.md for the task ledger.

Roadmap

Phase	Tag	Theme
0	v0.0.1	Bootstrap — repo, CI, docker-compose
1	v0.1.0	Auth + Org/Project skeleton
2	v0.2.0	Keys + Translations + ICU
3	v0.3.0	JSON import/export
4	v0.4.0	AI/MT (BYOK) + Translation Memory
5	v0.5.0	Screenshots + In-context editor + JS SDK
6	v0.6.0	Webhooks + CDN + CLI + Glossaries
7	v1.0.0	Tasks + Branching + SSO/SAML/LDAP + Audit + Polish

Architecture

backend (Quarkus + Kotlin)   ⇄   PostgreSQL 16
                              ⇄   Redis 7
                              ⇄   MinIO / S3
                              ⇄   SMTP (Mailpit dev)
                              ⇄   Optional Keycloak (OIDC/SAML)
                              ⇄   Optional LDAP

webapp (React + Vite + shadcn/ui)   ⇄   backend HTTP API
sdks/js (browser + node)            ⇄   backend HTTP API + in-context editor
cli (node)                          ⇄   backend HTTP API

Getting started (Phase 0)

# clone
git clone https://github.com/Pratiyush/translately.git
cd translately

# spin up infra (postgres, redis, minio, mailpit)
docker compose up -d

# backend
./gradlew :backend:app:quarkusDev

# webapp (separate terminal)
cd webapp && pnpm install && pnpm dev

Documentation

• Architecture overview
• API conventions
• UI conventions
• Contributing
• Code of Conduct
• Security policy
• Release notes
• Changelog

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Made with care by Pratiyush.