Comparison of .po file editors

As gettext is used quite a lot, people have developed tools to edit .po files. Here is a list of the most commonly used with their respective advantages and disadvantages.

Note that the InDiCo project now uses  a Transifex project for collaborative translation of all PO files. Follow that link to request your participation.

poedit

FOR	AGAINST
Possible to go to references by simple right click Search possible Color differentiates untranslated, fuzzy, translated	Not possible to edit multiple languages in parallel Local installation Needs administrator rights to be installed

KBabel

FOR	AGAINST
TODO	Not yet available on window (part of KDE) TODO

pootle

FOR	AGAINST
No local installation needed TODO	Need to install an apache server Complicated to configure TODO

Launchpad translations / "Rosetta"

FOR	AGAINST
No local installation needed Suggestion then validation, anyone can contribute Possible to view current translation and existing suggestions Possibility to look at translations to another language	Not possible to directly see the referenced files Project would need to be on launchpad!