https://github.com/locale-switcher/locale-switcher

Browser Extension to quickly change your browser locale.
https://github.com/locale-switcher/locale-switcher

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Browser Extension to quickly change your browser locale.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/locale-switcher/locale-switcher
• Owner: locale-switcher
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-01-08T08:09:42.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-02T08:16:06.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-02T21:46:30.850Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Topics: browser-extension, chrome-extension, firefox-addon, firefox-extension, i18n, internationalization, l10n, locale, localization, translation, web-extension
• Language: Svelte
• Homepage: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/locale-switcher/kngfjpghaokedippaapkfihdlmmlafcc
• Size: 549 KB
• Stars: 117
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 10
• Open Issues: 8
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# 🌏 Locale Switcher

![chrome users](https://img.shields.io/chrome-web-store/users/kngfjpghaokedippaapkfihdlmmlafcc?label=chrome)

![chrome rating](https://img.shields.io/chrome-web-store/rating/kngfjpghaokedippaapkfihdlmmlafcc?label=chrome)

![firefox users](https://img.shields.io/amo/users/locale-switcher?label=firefox)

![firefox rating](https://img.shields.io/amo/rating/locale-switcher?label=firerox)

![version](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/locale-switcher/locale-switcher?label=version&sort=semver)

Browser Extension to quickly change your browser locale.

## 🔗 Download

- [**Chrome**](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/locale-switcher/kngfjpghaokedippaapkfihdlmmlafcc)

- [**Firefox**](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/locale-switcher/)

## ❓ What does it do?

When a locale chosen the following thinks will be adjusted:

- `navigator.language`

- `navigator.languages`

- `Accept-Language` headers

## ✨ Features

- Chrome & Firefox

- Support for 700+ languages and variations

- Per tab basis

- Favorite your most used locales

- Fully shortcut enabled, no mouse needed (_Windows_: Ctrl + Shift + L / _Mac_: Cmd + Shift + L)

- Dark mode

## 🔐 Permissions

- The extensions needs permissions to intercept and alter web traffic for the `Accept-Language` feature to work.

- Access to tabs to load the client script in order to change `navigator` properties.

## Authors

- Initial idea, implementation and distribution by @athyuttamre

- New UI & current maintenance by @cupcakearmy

## Acknowledgements

The data for the locales is scraped automatically from [Locale Planet](https://www.localeplanet.com/icu/index.html).

## License

Distributed under the MIT License. See `LICENSE` for more information.