https://github.com/simjanos-dev/linguacafe
LinguaCafe is a self-hosted software that helps language learners read foreign languages.
https://github.com/simjanos-dev/linguacafe
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LinguaCafe is a self-hosted software that helps language learners read foreign languages.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/simjanos-dev/linguacafe
- Owner: simjanos-dev
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2022-09-20T10:44:29.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-13T16:37:55.000Z (8 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-14T01:07:28.897Z (8 days ago)
- Topics: anki, dictionary, japanese, jellyfin, jmdict, language, language-learning, self-hosting, translation
- Language: Vue
- Homepage: https://simjanos-dev.github.io/LinguaCafeHome/
- Size: 89.6 MB
- Stars: 1,069
- Watchers: 14
- Forks: 43
- Open Issues: 141
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
## LinguaCafe
  [](https://discord.gg/wZYZYrdaeP)   
LinguaCafe is a free self-hosted software that helps language learners acquire vocabulary by reading. It provides a set of tools to read, look up unknown words and review them later as effortlessly as possible.
You can read about all the features of LinguaCafe on the [overview](https://simjanos-dev.github.io/LinguaCafeHome/) GitHub Page, and on the [user manual](https://github.com/simjanos-dev/LinguaCafe/wiki/1.-Home) GitHub Wiki page.
## Language support
**Supported languages:** Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Welsh.
You can find a detailed list about what level of support different languages have on the [GitHub Wiki](https://github.com/simjanos-dev/LinguaCafe/wiki) page.
## Supported platforms:
- x64, which includes most desktop computers made in the last decade.
- Mac users with Apple silicon must perform an additional step, see the 'Installation' section for details
Other Armv8 devices such as Raspberry Pis 3 and newer do not work at the moment.
## Memory usage
LinguaCafe uses RAM based on how many and which languages do you use. If you use every language, the RAM usage can be over 2GB.
## Installation
You can find the installation guide on the [GitHub Wiki](https://github.com/simjanos-dev/LinguaCafe/wiki/2.-Setup#installation) page.
## Updating to the latest version
You can find the updating guide on the [GitHub Wiki](https://github.com/simjanos-dev/LinguaCafe/wiki/2.-Setup#updating) page.
## Active development disclaimer
>[!NOTE]
> LinguaCafe is still in active development, you might encounter some bugs while using the software. Please test it before you start actively using it, and make sure it is up to your expectations.
> At this time only one user/server is supported.
## Contact information
[Discord invite](https://discord.gg/wZYZYrdaeP)
Discord user: linguacafe_47757
Subreddit: /r/linguacafe
E-mail: [email protected]
## Attributions
LinguaCafe uses many public resources. I am very thankful for these projects and for all the people who were working on them. They helped me greatly to create LinguaCafe.
**Spacy tokenizer**
License: MIT license
[Spacy website](https://spacy.io/)
[Spacy github](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/)
[Spacy license](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/blob/master/LICENSE)
**Pykakasi**
License: License: GNU General Public License 3
[Pykakasi website](https://codeberg.org/miurahr/pykakasi)
[Pykakasi license](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html)
**Pinyin**
License: MIT license
[Pinyin website](https://pinyin.lxyu.net/)
[Pinyin github](https://github.com/lxyu/pinyin)
[Pinyin license](https://github.com/lxyu/pinyin?tab=MIT-1-ov-file#readme)
**Newspaper3k**
License: MIT, Apache-2.0
[Newspaper3k github](https://github.com/codelucas/newspaper)
[Newspaper3k license](https://github.com/codelucas/newspaper/blob/master/LICENSE)
**EbookLib**
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
[EbookLib github](https://github.com/aerkalov/ebooklib)
[EbookLib license](https://github.com/aerkalov/ebooklib/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
**JMDict dictionary file**
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
[JMDict Project website](https://www.edrdg.org/jmdict/j_jmdict.html)
[JMDict license information](https://www.edrdg.org/edrdg/licence.html)
[JMDict license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
**KANJIDIC2 kanji file**
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
[JMDict Project website](https://www.edrdg.org/jmdict/j_jmdict.html)
[KANJIDIC2 license information](https://www.edrdg.org/edrdg/licence.html)
[KANJIDIC2 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
**CC-CEDICT dictionary file**
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License
[CC-CEDICT website](https://cc-cedict.org/wiki/)
[CC-CEDICT license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
**HanDeDict dictionary file**
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Germany License
[HanDeDict website](http://www.handedict.de/)
[HanDeDict license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/)
**Kengdic dictionary file**
License: GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0
[Kengdic github](https://github.com/garfieldnate/kengdic)
[Kengdic license](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.0.en.html)
**Eurfa dictionary file**
License: The GNU General Public License 3
[Eurfa download website](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/rtatman/eurfa-welsh-dictionary?resource=download)
[Eurfa bitbucket](https://bitbucket.org/donnek/eurfa/src/master/)
[Eurfa creator's website](http://kevindonnelly.org.uk/)
[Eurfa license](https://bitbucket.org/donnek/eurfa/src/master/gpl.txt)
**Wiktionary**
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
[Wiktionary website](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page)
[Wiktionary license](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License)
The specific wiktionary files that LinguaCafe uses have been downloaded from [this](https://github.com/Vuizur/Wiktionary-Dictionaries) GitHub repository.
**Dict.cc**
LinguaCafe has no dict.cc dictionaries packaged in the software. It only provides a link to the dict.cc website.
[Dict.cc license](https://www1.dict.cc/translation_file_request.php?l=e)
**RADKFILE/KRADFILE**
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
[JMDict Project website](https://www.edrdg.org/jmdict/j_jmdict.html)
[KRADKFILE license information](https://www.edrdg.org/edrdg/licence.html)
[KRADKFILE license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
**DMAK kanji drawing library**
License: MIT license
[DMAK github project](https://github.com/mbilbille/dmak/)
[DMAK license](https://github.com/mbilbille/dmak/blob/master/LICENSE)
**KanjiVG**
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
[KanjiVG website](https://kanjivg.tagaini.net/)
[KanjiVG github](https://github.com/KanjiVG/kanjivg)
[KanjiVG license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)