stringsutil A Strings File Library and Utility

StringsUtil provides a library for using Apple “.strings” localization files and a utility for managing those files. It is intended as a free, smaller, embeddable, and more flexible alternative to GNU gettext. Key features include:

• Support for localizing using both Apple “.strings” and GNU gettext “.po” files.
• Simple C/C++ library with support for embedding localization data in an executable and/or loading localizations from external files.
• Tools for exporting, importing, and merging localization files.
• Tool for reporting on the quality of a localization.
• Tool for scanning C/C++ source files for localization strings.
• Tool for doing a first pass machine translation using the LibreTranslate service/software.

StringsUtil is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0 with an (optional) exception to allow linking against GPL2/LGPL2-only software. See the files “LICENSE” and “NOTICE” for more information.

News

StringsUtil v1.0 April 16, 2022

Announcing StringsUtil, a Strings File Library and Utility April 14, 2022