# LibreTranslate Plugin -- Free and Open Source Translation API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/libretranslate-plugin-free-and-open-source-translation-api/207891>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [November 1, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/libretranslate-plugin-free-and-open-source-translation-api/207891 "2021-11-01T20:25:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![sunjam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sunjam/32/175682_2.png) [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/libretranslate-plugin-free-and-open-source-translation-api/207891/1 "2021-11-01T20:25:52Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Discourse Translator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-translator/32630):

LibreTranslate - [Github project page](https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate)  
Project discussion at [https://community.libretranslate.com/](https://community.libretranslate.com/)

Free and Open Source Machine Translation API. 100% self-hosted, offline capable and easy to setup. Powered by the open source [Argos Translate](https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate)

- [API Docs](https://libretranslate.com/docs)

## Discourse Installation

copy-pasted from the Github readme

You can use this [discourse translator plugin](https://github.com/LibreTranslate/discourse-translator) to translate [Discourse](https://discourse.org) topics. To install it simply modify `/var/discourse/containers/app.yml` :

```plaintext
## Plugins go here
## see https://meta.discourse.org/t/19157 for details
hooks:
  after_code:
    - exec:
        cd: $home/plugins
        cmd:
          - git clone https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager.git
          - git clone https://github.com/LibreTranslate/discourse-translator
	  ...

```

Then issue `./launcher rebuild app` . From the Discourse’s admin panel then select “LibreTranslate” as a translation provider and set the relevant endpoint configurations.

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