Why we picked Tolgee to localize an open-source database client (opens in new tab)

Localization is invisible. Nobody opens an app and thinks "wow, great translation infrastructure." They only notice when a button is cut off, a date is wrong, or half the menu is suddenly in English again. It's unglamorous work that quietly decides whether someone outside your own language ever sticks with your tool. Tabularis, our open-source database client, ships in 8 languages today: English, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Russian. Under the hood that's i18next an...