?? A readable, automated, and optimized (5 kb) internationalization for JavaScript
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Internationalization is the design and development of a product, application or document content that enables easy localization for target audiences that vary in culture, region, or language.
Lingui is an easy yet powerful internationalization framework for global projects.
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Clean and readable - Keep your code clean and readable, while the library uses
battle-tested and powerful ICU MessageFormat under the hood. -
Universal - Use it everywhere.
@lingui/coreprovides the essential intl
functionality which works in any JavaScript project while@lingui/reactoffers
components to leverage React rendering. -
Full rich-text support - Use React components inside localized messages
without any limitation. Writing rich-text messages is as easy as writing JSX. -
Powerful tooling - Manage the whole intl workflow using Lingui CLI. It
extracts messages from source code, validates messages coming from translators and
checks that all messages are translated before shipping to production. -
Unopinionated - Integrate Lingui into your existing workflow. It supports
message keys as well as auto generated messages. Translations are stored either in
JSON or standard PO file, which is supported in almost all translation tools. -
Lightweight and optimized - Core library is only 1.9 kB gzipped,
React components are additional 3.1 kBs gzipped. That's less than Redux
for a full-featured intl library. -
Active community - Join us on Spectrum to discuss the latest development.
At the moment, Lingui is the most active intl project on GitHub. -
Compatible with react-intl - Low-level React API is very similar to react-intl
and the message format is the same. It's easy to migrate an existing project.
Quickstart
Install
Tutorials
If you're a react-intl user, checkout
comparison of react-intl and Lingui.
Example
Short example how i18n looks with JSX:
import { Trans } from "@lingui/macro"
function App() {
return (
<Trans id="msg.docs" /* id is optional */>
Read the <a href="https://lingui.js.org">documentation</a>
for more info.
</Trans>
)
}
Message from this component will be extracted in following format:
msgid "msg.docs"
msgstr "Read the <0>documentation</0> for more info."
For more example see the React tutorial.
Support
If you are having issues, please let us know.
- Join us at Gitter to get almost instant feedback.
- Ask question on StackOverflow
and mark it with Lingui tag. - If something doesn't work as documented, documentation is missing or if you just want
to suggest a new feature, create an issue.
Contribute
Contribution to open-source project is everything from spreading a word, writing
documentation to implementing features and fixing bugs.
- Do you use Lingui in production site? Let us know!
- Have you seen interesting talk or article about i18n?
Share it! - Have you found a bug or do you want to suggest a new feature? Create an issue!
- Do you want to improve the docs and write some code?
Read the contributors guide and send a PR!
Contributors
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License
The project is licensed under the MIT license.