🛠️ wlc 3.0 is out! This major release brings Python API cleanups, improved type annotations, better category validation, and dependency security updates. Some changes are backwards-incompatible, so check the release notes before upgrading.

Apparently I’ve become a (co-)maintainer of yet another Python library we use at Weblate 🙂 This time it’s mistletoe. More helping hands are definitely welcome—whether by contributing to the project or funding its maintenance.

Looking for new maintainer(s) · Issue #288 · miyuchina/mistletoe

Hi Community, it have definitely been interesting 5 years maintaining mistletoe. But my life priorities have shifted over the years. So the time has come to pass the baton to someone else. I would ...

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October brings earlier darkness and plenty of #Weblate improvements falling in front of you with 2026.10 release. Light up some new connections! You get the choice to welcome robots of different shapes and kinds to help your localization efforts! #OpenSource #localization

Editing source strings sounds obvious—until the “source” is actually the identifier used to update the translation files. Weblate 2026.10 finally closes that gap: source strings and translation keys can now be edited while preserving translations and history.

feat(translations): support editing source strings and keys by nijel · Pull Request #21755 · WeblateOrg/weblate

Let maintainers correct source text and rename keys without recreating strings or losing their translations and history. Fixes #10304 Fixes #9729

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No matter how hot it's outside, #Weblate team delivers a new version, like every month. If you aren't boiled or in a pool with no display nearby, read about the 2026.8 delivery. Workspaces get powerful, and there's new space for experiments if you like! weblate.org/news/arc... #opensource #YrSWYrLng

It was a short wait, right? New #Weblate version is out today, bringing an improved way to work with your pictures and organize your translation efforts, and it's also moving the traditional release day to the 1st of the month. You can read about it at weblate.org/news/arc... #YrSWYrLng #opensource

New #Weblate version is out, 5.15, and it proudly feels like it's five of them in one. So many new features, plenty of fixes, some security advisories resolved, and a new generation of the frontend. Read about it all at weblate.org/news/arc... #YourSoftwareYourLanguage #opensource

It’s always best to prevent even the least probable dangers instantly. Thanks to Michal, github.com/mbiesiad, no shady redirects while deploying with #Docker and #Anubis are possible anymore. #opensource collaboration shines; no obscurity is welcome in #Weblate. github.com/WeblateOr...

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New in our docs: Risks of third-party translations & how to mitigate them.

Localization Threat Model

Outsourcing or crowdsourcing translation tasks to third parties introduces additional security and privacy risks. Unlike internal development teams, translators may have limited trust relationships...

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We are delighted to announce that we have received a #Zerodha #FLOSSfund grant floss.fund/blog/upda... This is a great way to highlight the global magnitude of libre software. Ideas, development, or funding are not centralized in one place.

#FOSDEM25 starts this Friday, and we will be in #Brussels again! Meeting the community in person is always a pleasure. Swag is ready, and meetup signups are flowing. Check our schedule at weblate.org/FOSDEM/ #YourSoftwareYourLanguage #FOSDEM See you soon!

If you want to contribute to open source web archiving tools and speak other languages, now you can! We’re looking for help translating Browsertrix UI to Spanish, French, German and Portuguese with @weblate.org + we’re accepting contributions in additional languages webrecorder.net/blog/2024-12...