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llm-translator

2026

Highlight text anywhere on Linux and a popup streams the translation — bring your own key, no proxy, Qt 6.

Year
2026
Stack
C++ · Qt 6

A select-text popup translator for modern Linux, on both Wayland and X11. Highlight text anywhere — a browser, a PDF, a chat window — and a popup appears with the translation streaming in.

Bring your own key

No proxy, no bundled key: your API key goes straight from your machine to the provider you configured. DeepSeek by default; OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, Grok, OpenRouter, MiMo, and custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints also work.

Under the hood

Written in C++20 on Qt 6 (Widgets, Network, DBus), built with CMake and Ninja. The Wayland selection bridge targets GNOME 45+; X11 works out of the box.