Show HN: A Swift package that makes any macOS app translatable

A solo developer known for the "The low-tech guys" app portfolio released LimbaKit, an open Swift package and accompanying protocol that lets users translate any macOS app themselves rather than waiting on the developer to localize it. The developer said maintaining 30+ languages across 10+ apps was unmanageable and that existing AI translations are often low quality when the translator lacks knowledge of specialized terms. The package and protocol are published so other developers can make their own apps translatable.

As you can see on my "The low-tech guys" 0 website, I create and maintain a bit too many apps as a single person. I never had and never will have the time to localize all the apps and maintain every 30+ languages people ask for and every text that changes between versions for 10+ apps. AI translations exist nowadays, but they are very often low quality if the translator doesn't know the language and can't understand the nuances of specialized terms. LimbaKit is my response to this problem. I want to give the users the ability to translate the apps themselves and not have to wait for me to do it. I've published the package and the protocol so other devs can also use it to make their apps translatable. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50442289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50442289 Points: 1 Comments: 0