# LibreTranslate vs Lokalise (slim)

> Lokalise scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against LibreTranslate's 49.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. LibreTranslate leads on payments & pricing. Both do translate text. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-08

Lokalise scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against LibreTranslate's 49.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. LibreTranslate leads on payments & pricing. Both do translate text.

- LibreTranslate: D 49.8, rank #602 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/libretranslate.min.md
- Lokalise: BB 71.3, rank #115 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise.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 Payments & pricing, 40 against 30. Also Open source.
- Lokalise, good for Agents that manage localisation work, such as adding keys, uploading and exporting string files, keeping a glossary and starting AI or machine translation tasks for a team that already uses Lokalise. Ahead on Reliability, 84 against 35; Schema & documentation, 76 against 65; Security & auth, 73 against 45; Maintenance & community, 84 against 40; Transparency & trust, 81 against 60. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Free to start without a card.

| Category | LibreTranslate | Lokalise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 84 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 73 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 40 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 81 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LibreTranslate | Lokalise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | LibreTranslate | Lokalise, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://libretranslate.com` | `https://api.lokalise.com/api2` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | Proprietary service under the Lokalise Master Service Agreement. The CLI and the Node SDK on GitHub are BSD 3-Clause |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-05-26 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2025-11-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-23 | 2026-03-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 17k stars, 4.5k PyPI/wk | 124 stars, 338k npm/wk, 39k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |