# Poedit

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{{Short description|Software for computer-assisted translation}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Poedit
| logo = Net.poedit.Poedit.svg
| screenshot = Poedit 1.8.1 en.png
| caption = 
| collapsible = 
| author = 
| developer = Václav Slavík
| released = {{Start date and age|2001}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|edit|P348}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| programming language = [C++](/source/C%2B%2B)
| operating system = [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows), [macOS](/source/macOS), [Unix-like](/source/Unix-like)
| platform = [Cross-platform](/source/Cross-platform)
| language = [Multilingual](/source/Multilingual)
| genre = [Computer-assisted translation](/source/Computer-assisted_translation)
| license = Basic version: [MIT License](/source/MIT_License)<br />Pro version: [Shareware](/source/Shareware) - [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows), [macOS](/source/macOS)
| website = {{URL|poedit.net}}
}}
'''Poedit''' (formerly '''poEdit''') is a [shareware](/source/shareware) and [cross-platform](/source/cross-platform) [gettext](/source/gettext) catalog ([.po file](/source/Portable_object_(computing))) editor to aid in the process of [language localisation](/source/language_localisation).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Arjona Reina |first1=Laura |last2=Robles |first2=Gregorio |last3=González-Barahona |first3=Jesús M. |chapter=A Preliminary Analysis of Localization in Free Software: How Translations Are Performed |title=Open Source Software: Quality Verification |series=IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology |date=2013 |volume=404 |pages=153–167 |publisher=Springer |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-38928-3_11 |isbn=978-3-642-38927-6 |s2cid=37472563 |language=en |quote=Poedit is a cross-platform editor for .po files (gettext catalogs). It allows to configure the tool with the information related to the translator (name and email) and the environment, and every time a file is translated and saved, that information is included in the file.|doi-access=free }}</ref>  According to [WordPress](/source/WordPress) developer Thord Hedengren, Poedit is "one of the most popular programs" for editing portable language files.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hedengren |first1=Thord Daniel |title=Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog |date=27 March 2012 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-94366-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-P_vPo8rW4C&dq=%22poedit%22&pg=PA162 |language=en|quote=There are several ways to work with the portable language files. One of the most popular programs available is Poedit, which is available across platforms.}}</ref>

It is written in [C++](/source/C%2B%2B) and depends on some subclasses from the [wxWidgets](/source/wxWidgets), but utilizes [graphical control element](/source/graphical_control_element)s from the [GTK](/source/GTK) library.<ref>{{cite book|pages=434–435|title=Cross-Platform GUI Programming with WxWidgets|author=Julian Smart, Kevin Hock with, Stefan Csomor|year=2005|publisher=Pearson Education|isbn=9780321629975}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Crowdin](/source/Crowdin)
* [Lokalise](/source/Lokalise)
* [Phrase](/source/Phrase_(software))
* [Transifex](/source/Transifex)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}

Category:PO editors
Category:Shareware
Category:Software using the MIT license
Category:Software that uses wxWidgets
Category:Computer-assisted translation software that uses GTK
Category:Computer-assisted translation software for Linux

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