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Weblate vs Tolgee
Pick Weblate if you want the published Crowdin stack (Git-tight GPL). Pick Tolgee if you want that Apache-2.0 desk and will skip ee/.
Facts checked 25 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
Weblate in the catalog Tolgee in the catalog Start on Railway
How they compare
| Weblate | Tolgee | |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0 (catalog) source | Apache-2.0 default; ee/ is a separate license — skip it (catalog) source |
| Language | Python (catalog) | TypeScript (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 6,128 stars in the catalog source | 4,139 stars in the catalog source |
| Self-host | Published as /stacks/weblate-i18n. Database plus translation memory. | Same stack. Skip ee/. |
| Best for | The published Crowdin replacement. | An Apache-2.0 desk if Weblate is not the shape. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Both sit on /stacks/weblate-i18n. Weblate is WeblateOrg/weblate. Tolgee is tolgee/tolgee-platform — skip ee/. LibreTranslate is an MT API, not this pair. Neither has a one-click c17 Railway template.
FAQ
- Is this DeepL?
- An MT API stays on /replace/deepl (LibreTranslate). This pair is a localization desk.
- Where is LanguageTool?
- Grammar — /replace/grammarly. Not this pair.
- Are these free?
- Weblate is GPL-3.0. Tolgee's default tree is Apache-2.0 if you skip ee/. You pay hosting.
- How do I deploy Weblate?
- Open /stacks/weblate-i18n. Persist the database. Import one component.
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