# LibreTranslate vs Lingo.dev (slim)

> Lingo.dev scores 62.3 (B) on agent readiness against LibreTranslate's 49.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. LibreTranslate leads on schema & documentation and payments & pricing. Both do translate text. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Lingo.dev scores 62.3 (B) on agent readiness against LibreTranslate's 49.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. LibreTranslate leads on schema & documentation and payments & pricing. Both do translate text.

- LibreTranslate: D 49.8, rank #602 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/libretranslate.min.md
- Lingo.dev: B 62.3, rank #341 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lingo-dev.min.md
- LibreTranslate, good for Operators who must keep text on their own servers or want a fixed cost, and for light hosted use. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 65 against 54; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20. Also Open source.
- Lingo.dev, good for Product teams that translate interface strings and content into many locales and want glossary, tone and rule control held in one place, driven from code, CI or a coding assistant. Ahead on Reliability, 71 against 35; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 65; Security & auth, 62 against 45; Maintenance & community, 87 against 40; Transparency & trust, 71 against 60.

| Category | LibreTranslate | Lingo.dev |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 71 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 54 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 40 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LibreTranslate | Lingo.dev |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | LibreTranslate | Replexica, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://libretranslate.com` | `https://mcp.lingo.dev/account` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | Proprietary hosted service under Lingo.dev's terms of service. The lingodotdev/lingo.dev repository (legacy CLI, JavaScript SDK, compiler) and the Python SDK are Apache-2.0. The `@lingo.dev/cli` package states no licence on npm |
| MCP registry | not listed | `dev.lingo/main` |
| Last release | 2026-05-26 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-05-07 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-23 | 2026-05-07 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 17k stars, 4.5k PyPI/wk | 5.4k stars, 92k npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |