# Discourse Translator

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-translator/32630
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, multi-lingual, translator, end-of-life
**Created:** [August 28, 2015, 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-translator/32630 "2015-08-28T07:27:07Z")
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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-translator/32630/460 "2026-09-08T00:04:39Z")

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See this guide:

> [@Self-Hosting an OpenSource LLM for DiscourseAI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosting-an-opensource-llm-for-discourseai/290923):
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> The [Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai/259214) plugin has many features that require an LLM to be enabled, like, for example, Summarization, AI Helper, AI Search, AI Bot. While you can use a third party API, like [Configure API Keys for OpenAI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-api-keys-for-openai/280783) or [Configure API Keys for Anthropic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-api-keys-for-anthropic/280936) we built Discourse AI since first day to not be locked into those. Running with HuggingFace TGI HuggingFace provides an awesome container image that can get you running quickly. For example: mkdir -p /opt/tgi-cache docker run --rm --gpus all --shm…

> [@happyhappy](#):
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> Also, many of our users do not want to use AI translation for privacy reasons.

Then… why do you want to host LLMs?

For others, see [Using Discourse and LibreTranslate without AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-and-libretranslate-without-ai/411844) which is related.

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