po4a ☆

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Description:
Documentation translation maintenance tool

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: translation localization documentation i18n po-files

Install: brew install po4a

About:
Po4a is a tool that automates the translation of documentation. It extracts translatable text from various formats like XML, Markdown, and man pages, and keeps translations synchronized with the original source files. This significantly reduces the manual effort required to maintain multilingual documentation projects.

Key Features:

Bidirectional conversion between documentation and PO files
Support for multiple formats including DocBook, Markdown, and man pages
Automated translation updates when source documents change
Maintains formatting and structure in translated output

Use Cases:

Translating software manuals and documentation
Maintaining multilingual man pages for open source projects
Automating localization workflows for technical writers

Alternatives:

gettext – Po4a is specifically designed for documentation formats, whereas gettext is a general-purpose localization system for software strings.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 29, 2025 3:55pm		1	REVISION_ONLY	6105dc24
Oct 22, 2024 3:00am		1	VERSION_BUMP	50c1d13f