Command-line tool

gettext

brew/gettext

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GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library windows requirescmd win32 gnu gettext iconv msgen msgfmt msginit msgmerge msgunfmt ngettext

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id mlocati.GetText -e

macOS

brew install gettext

Linux

brew install gettext

Get the translation of a string as specified in the domain file (falls back to given `msgid` if no translation exists)

LANGUAGE=locale gettext -d domain "msgid"

Display help

gettext -h

Display version

gettext -V

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