Poedit

Poedit (formerly poEdit) is a shareware and cross-platform gettext catalog (.po file) editor to aid in the process of language localisation.^[2] According to WordPress developer Thord Hedengren, Poedit is "one of the most popular programs" for editing portable language files.^[3]

DeveloperVáclav Slavík

Initial release2001; 25 years ago (2001)

Stable release

3.8^[1]  / 14 October 2025; 5 months ago (14 October 2025)

Written inC++

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Poedit
Developer	Václav Slavík
Initial release	2001; 25 years ago (2001)
Stable release	3.8[1]  / 14 October 2025; 5 months ago (14 October 2025)
Written in	C++
Operating system	Windows, macOS, Unix-like
Platform	Cross-platform
Available in	Multilingual
Type	Computer-assisted translation
License	Basic version: MIT License Pro version: Shareware - Windows, macOS
Website	poedit.net
Repository	github.com/vslavik/poedit

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It is written in C++ and depends on some subclasses from the wxWidgets, but utilizes graphical control elements from the GTK library.^[4]