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Translate text from games, images and any app — without retyping it. Capture an area, translate a selection, or follow changing text. Free and open source.
| Platform | Install | Portable |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 10/11 · x64 | EXE | ZIP |
| macOS 13.4+ · Apple Silicon (M1+) | DMG | — |
| macOS 13.4+ · Intel | DMG | — |
| Linux · x86_64 | AppImage | tar.gz |
| Android 8.0+ · ARM64 | APK | — |
A floating button for games and apps, plus text and photo translation. The Android app runs on your phone; no computer or root access is needed.
Android 1.8.2 interface, shown in Russian. Six interface languages are available.
- Install the APK on an Android 8.0+ ARM64 device. Choose the interface language, theme and translation languages.
- Start screen translation. Allow display over other apps and approve Android’s screen-sharing prompt. On Android 14+, share the entire screen to translate across apps.
- Open your game or app and tap the floating button. Read the translation over the screen. Hold the button to open its menu and choose a region or another translation mode.
You can also type or paste text, share text to Clickn from another app, or translate a photo or screenshot from your gallery. Copy or share results and revisit local text history. Google works without a key; ML Kit offers offline translation after downloading supported language models. Additional API services use your own credentials.
Android guide · Android source
- Games, screenshots and apps: draw a rectangle to recognize and translate text you cannot select.
- Messages and documents: translate a selection, replace a draft with its translation, or edit original and result side by side.
- Changing text: follow one or more screen regions with dynamic translation. Read results over the original or in a separate area.
- Just need the text? Copy recognized text from any screen area straight to the clipboard.
The desktop document workspace opens TXT, Markdown, DOCX, text-based PDF, HTML and RTF. See the Android guide for the mobile screen, text and photo workflows.
Desktop workflow recordings; the current window design may differ.
Start online with Google, MyMemory, Lingva or LibreTranslate. Work offline with Argos Translate or Hy-MT after installing models. Recognize text locally with Windows OCR, Apple Vision, Tesseract, RapidOCR or EasyOCR, depending on your system.
Bring your own key for OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, DeepL, LibreTranslate or a compatible custom API. Supported vision models can recognize and translate an image in one request when image input is enabled.
Set up engines, models and API connections in Settings → Translation and OCR → Language packages. Choose OCR, Translators or API. Missing local components link directly to installation.
Local OCR processes images on your device. Online services receive text; an enabled vision API also receives the selected image. Offline translation stays local after model downloads. Provider fees and limits apply. Privacy.
The desktop app has eight interface languages, light and dark themes, adjustable interface scale and a separate result-text size. Customize shortcuts and language pairs for each mode; keep optional local histories or export your settings. An optional desktop companion puts translation actions a click away.
Default desktop shortcuts
| Windows shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl + Alt + T |
Translate an area |
Ctrl + Alt + C |
Copy text from an area |
Ctrl + Alt + F |
Translate the full screen |
Ctrl + Alt + Q |
Translate selected text |
Ctrl + Shift + Q |
Replace with translation |
Ctrl + Alt + G |
Start or stop dynamic translation |
Ctrl + Shift + Space |
Show or hide the app |
Change them in Settings → Configure hotkeys. On Mac, use Command for Ctrl and Option for Alt. On Linux, configure the commands in your desktop environment; support depends on X11/Wayland and the compositor. Linux guide.
- Install your build. Python is included. Extract the whole archive if you choose Windows portable.
- Choose a service and your languages. For offline use, install the engine and language direction in Language packages.
- Capture, select or type. Use a shortcut or the companion, or type into the main window.
Windows and Mac builds use a self-signed jabrailkhalil certificate. SmartScreen or Gatekeeper may prompt on first launch; the Mac app is not Apple-notarized. The setup guide covers first launch and Mac Screen Recording / Accessibility permissions.
Desktop 1.8.2 downloads GitHub Releases updates inside the app. Mac/Linux 1.8.1 and earlier need this first upgrade installed manually. Protected installation locations may require manual replacement; Microsoft Store editions update through the Store.
Report a problem · Telegram · Setup guide · Source and builds
For troubleshooting, attach the ZIP from Settings → Bug report. It excludes clipboard contents, documents, histories and credentials. Source code is available under GPL-3.0; Android development lives in the android branch.
Checksums and signatures
The small .sha256 release files are used automatically by desktop updates to check downloaded packages. You do not need to download them yourself. The optional verification archive contains checksums, signatures and public certificates for manual verification. Signing identities.