Getting started
Install Localization OS and get your first translation run out the door.
Documentation
Documentation
Localization OS is a self-hosted, MT-first translation management system: you run it, you own it. These docs cover installing and deploying it, connecting your storage and warehouse, driving it from the CLI, and every feature, laid out one page at a time. New in this release: what's new in 0.10.0.
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Deploy
Self-host with Docker or plain Python, on one node.
CLI
Drive Localization OS headlessly, from the command line or CI.
Operating it
Backup
Back up a full install and restore it, with a rehearsable recovery path.
S3 blobstore
Point file storage at any S3-compatible object store.
Databricks
Export every LLM call and correction to your lakehouse.
Embedded
Run Localization OS headless, embedded inside another system.
Features
Every capability, as its own reference page.
- Advanced Workflows
- Connectors
- Data export
- Documents
- Engines
- Evaluations
- Glossary
- Images (Beta)
- Keys
- AI agents and MCP
- Memories
- QA checks
- Queries
- Quality judges
- Reports
- Routing
- TM
- Vendors
- Workflows
- Worklist
Reference
Architecture
How the system is put together, at a level worth reading before you install it.
File formats
All 87 formats and 151 extensions, with what is translated, what is kept, and what is refused.
Encodings
Byte-identical exports, legacy code pages, and how a file keeps its own encoding.
Connector index
All 28 connector kinds, what each writes back, and which are live-verified or beta.
Security
The invariants: identity, audit, encryption, and where every control stands.
Governance
Industry governance vocabulary mapped to what the product actually does.
Licensing
How you buy Localization OS: the source-available model, in plain terms.
Changelog
What's new, release by release, including 0.10.0.
Third-party notices
The full dependency inventory and connector notices.