Lingua
Generates iOS and Android string files from a single Google Sheet, and bundles agent skills for managing keys.
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- Last commit
- 26 May 2026
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- Slowing
- Licence
- MIT
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- povio/Lingua
Overview
Lingua from Povio is a localisation tool for iOS and Android apps. You keep translations in a Google Sheet, and Lingua generates the localisation files for your projects. It comes as a macOS app, a macOS terminal tool and a Linux binary, and ships with agent skills for AI coding tools.
Features
- Pulls translations from a Google Sheet built from a provided template
- macOS app with a settings panel and one-click translation
- Command-line tool for scripts, configured with a JSON file
- Installs bundled agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor or .agents into your project
- Runs on Linux as well as macOS
Requirements
- A Google Sheet based on the Lingua template
- A Google Sheets API key and the sheet ID
- Cursor 2.4 or later for the Cursor skills
Install
Download the macOS app from the App Store, or install the terminal tool with Homebrew
brew tap poviolabs/lingua brew install linguaCreate a starter config file
lingua config init
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