Lingo.dev is an AI Localization Engine. It turns weeks of translation work into automated pull requests. Built by developers for developers, it produces authentic translations by understanding UI elements' placement and microcontext.
@taishi_kato Great to see you Taishi! Thanks for your support!!
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Wow...80+ languages is kinda unreal - If you can find a pain-point which is lighting up the eyes of developers...well then seems like you've found the golden goose.
The branding is super clean, I like the colour combination etc. & the name is bang on too!
I fail to see how this won't end up being supersonic, best of luck Max, Veronica & Matej!
This is such a wild origin story, almost flying through a volcano and then building something that’s now changing how developers handle localization. Love how this started as a hackathon project and turned into a tool that devs actually needed. Automating translations through pull requests is reall a massive thing, it’s solving a real pain point.
Congrats on the launch!
Best wishes and sending lots of wins to the team :) @maxprilutskiy
Today, we're introducing Lingo.dev Compiler: an npm library, that lets you build multilingual React apps without having to rewrite the existing React code.
It doesn't require extracting i18n keys, or wrapping text in tags. 100% free and open-source.
Back in December 2023, our plane almost flew through an Icelandic volcano on the way to Cornell hackathon: we missed it by just days.
Back then, we had no idea we were about to build something that would change how developers ship multilingual products. We were just two engineers tired of waiting weeks for translations.
Our hackathon prototype was rough - a ChatGPT wrapper that could translate JSON files. But when other developers saw it, their eyes lit up. They had the same pain. We ended up winning in two categories.
Today, Lingo.dev turns translation work into automated pull requests:
Git-native UI localization with automated PRs and Human-in-the-loop
Open-source CLI for web/mobile teams
Real-time API for dynamic content
Context-aware AI that understands product terminology
Built-in support for 80+ languages
Just like Dependabot automated package updates, we're automating localization. What started as a weekend project is now loved by both solo hackers and enterprise teams shipping multilingual products.
We're thrilled to be backed by incredible builders - founders of Supabase and Dependabot, Y Combinator and Initialized Capital.
We're a team of developers, repeat founders, and AI/ML engineers who care deeply about developer experience and shipping elegant, quality code. We're building the missing app localization infrastructure for the internet - the one we wish existed.
We'll keep shipping until every developer can build apps that speak every language on the planet, instantly. And we're just getting started!
sleek.design
Incredible product and team, can't wait to see where you guys take it!
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@mattiapomelli Thanks Mattia! 🚀💪
Fibery
Congrats on a launch guys 💪🏻
Do you have any plans on providing plural forms (zero, one, two, few, many, other) in addition to the translation itself?
Lingo.dev
@misha_erm Yep, that's already supported! Especially for Polish. ;)
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I met Max and Veronica about 1.5 years ago at one of the buildspace events iirc.
They're talented devs and great ppl.
As Japanese, I really love Lingo.dev because language is always a barrier for me.
Congrats guys!
Lingo.dev
@taishi_kato Great to see you Taishi! Thanks for your support!!
Wow...80+ languages is kinda unreal - If you can find a pain-point which is lighting up the eyes of developers...well then seems like you've found the golden goose.
The branding is super clean, I like the colour combination etc. & the name is bang on too!
I fail to see how this won't end up being supersonic, best of luck Max, Veronica & Matej!
Lingo.dev
@cranqnow Thanks Sam! We have many more in the list, different countries even speak English or Spanish differently.
Shoutout to @maxprilutskiy for our brand name! :) We came out to this though many iterations talking to our customers, and then Max nailed it!
Shram
This is such a wild origin story, almost flying through a volcano and then building something that’s now changing how developers handle localization. Love how this started as a hackathon project and turned into a tool that devs actually needed. Automating translations through pull requests is reall a massive thing, it’s solving a real pain point.
Congrats on the launch!
Best wishes and sending lots of wins to the team :) @maxprilutskiy
Lingo.dev
@whatshivamdo Thanks Shivam!! Good luck with the upcoming launch!
Very cool product, congrats you two!
What's the best approach for dev teams to take, to launch the product quickly?
Thanks
James
Lingo.dev
@james_ulan Thank you James! Best place to start is docs.lingo.dev + to reach out to us, as we will even help with localization strategy in general :)