# Multilocale

> Translation management for software: localization projects, one phrase row per key and locale, machine translation into every configured locale, locale rollout, cross-project phrase sharing, and translation-file download and import for web and native app codebases.

## Documentation

- [Developers](https://www.multilocale.com/developers.md): REST API keys, quick start, MCP connector setup, CLI, agent skills, scopes, webhooks
- [Multilocale developer guides](https://www.multilocale.com/docs/): crawlable guides for the REST API, authentication, signed webhooks, CLI, rendering translations, and MCP clients
- [API authentication](https://www.multilocale.com/docs/api/authentication/)
- [Signed webhooks](https://www.multilocale.com/docs/api/webhooks/)
- [Multilocale CLI](https://www.multilocale.com/docs/cli/getting-started/)
- [Multilocale MCP server](https://www.multilocale.com/docs/mcp/getting-started/)
- [CLI quickstart](https://www.multilocale.com/integrations/cli/): npx multilocale — download and import translation files, add phrases, roll a project out to new locales; `multilocale signup --email <email>` creates an account without a browser, so no step needs a person
- [Pricing](https://www.multilocale.com/en/pricing/)
- [Integrations](https://www.multilocale.com/integrations/)

## Buyer guides

- [Best localization software, ranked by use case](https://www.multilocale.com/en/best-localization-software/): index of the ranked guides below; every price quoted from the vendor’s own pricing page, with the billing toggle checked
- [The 5 best translation management software for developers](https://www.multilocale.com/en/best-translation-management-software-for-developers/): Crowdin wins: it publishes a complete price ladder including a free 60,000-hosted-word tier, documents more than 700 integrations, and ships translation memory and a glossary. POEditor’s entry plan is $20 a month, and Weblate is the only pick you can self-host. Reviewed 2026-08-06.

## API

- [REST API reference](https://www.multilocale.com/api/): generated OpenAPI-backed reference; HTTP Basic auth with an API key secret
- [OpenAPI specification](https://www.multilocale.com/developers/openapi.json): OpenAPI 3 JSON for automated client and tool generation
- [MCP server](https://mcp.multilocale.com/mcp): Streamable HTTP with OAuth; works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, and any MCP client

## Agent Plugins

- [Multilocale Agent Plugin source](https://github.com/multilocale/claude-plugin): public installable repository containing the portable plugin manifest, MCP configuration, host adapters, and localization skills
- [Portable Agent Plugins manifest](https://github.com/multilocale/claude-plugin/blob/main/plugin.json): public plugin.json using the agent-plugins.org schema
- [Claude plugin configuration](https://github.com/multilocale/claude-plugin/blob/main/.claude-plugin/plugin.json): public host-specific agent platform configuration
- [MCP connector configuration](https://github.com/multilocale/claude-plugin/blob/main/mcp.json): public OAuth connector configuration for the hosted Multilocale MCP server
- [Portable Multilocale Agent Plugin](https://www.multilocale.com/.well-known/agent-plugins/multilocale/plugin.json): Agent Plugins package with the Multilocale MCP server and localization skills
- [AI Catalog](https://www.multilocale.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json): Agent Registry & Discovery catalog for automated discovery

## Agent Skills

- [Public Multilocale agent rules](https://github.com/multilocale/skills/tree/main/skills): public SKILL.md instructions that teach coding agents the Multilocale localization workflow
- [Skills index](https://www.multilocale.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json): install with `npx skills add https://www.multilocale.com/` or `npx skills add multilocale/skills`
- [multilocale on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/multilocale): the CLI the multilocale skill drives; `npx multilocale`

## Optional

- [CLI source](https://github.com/multilocale/cli)
- [Skills source](https://github.com/multilocale/skills)
- [Claude plugin](https://github.com/multilocale/claude-plugin)