Show HN: DragomanD – local language translator for Linux

Category: other

Tags: linux, translation, dbus, offline, nlp, desktop-integration

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

Dragomand is a per-user Linux D-Bus daemon that provides offline machine translation using Mozilla's Bergamot/Marian models, shared by multiple desktop applications. It manages model downloads, loading, and memory with idle exits, aiming to fill the gap of a shared translation service on Linux instead of standalone apps or host-specific implementations.

Target audience: Linux desktop users and developers integrating translation into desktop applications

Repository: https://dragomand.l10n-bg.dev/ · Rust · GPL-3.0 · 4 stars

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