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Description:
GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.26@0 | Tracked Since: Nov 2, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: internationalization localization i18n l10n translations gnu

Install: brew install gettext

About:
GNU gettext is a comprehensive suite of tools and libraries for producing multi-language messages. It provides developers with the framework to internationalize software by extracting translatable strings from source code and managing message catalogs. The library enables applications to display text in the user's native language based on locale settings.

Key Features:

Message extraction and catalog generation tools
Runtime translation library for C/C++ and other languages
PO file format for translators with extensive tooling support
Pluralization and context handling for complex translations

Use Cases:

Internationalizing command-line and GUI applications
Managing translation workflows for open source projects
Localizing software for global markets

Alternatives:

ICU – ICU provides more comprehensive Unicode support but is larger and more complex
Boost.Locale – Boost.Locale is C++ focused and built on top of iconv/gettext

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Nov 2, 2025 8:09am		0	VERSION_BUMP	b889b970
Jan 1, 2025 2:56pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	a5994692