Easydict vs LunaTranslator
Easydict and LunaTranslator are both document management software. Easydict is open source under GPL-3.0, with 15k GitHub stars. LunaTranslator is open source under GPL-3.0, with 14k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Easydict when
- You read or write in several languages on a Mac and want quick lookups.
- Pick LunaTranslator when
- You play Japanese visual novels and want live translation.
Side by side
A macOS dictionary and translation app that looks up selected text or OCR'd screen text across Apple, DeepL, Google, OpenAI and Chinese translation services.
A Windows translator for visual novels that hooks game text or OCRs the screen and shows machine translations.
Several services need your own API keys, and docs lean Chinese.
Its text hooking can trip anti-cheat in some games, and docs are mostly Chinese.
Production-ready (both)
Desktop app (both)
Swift, Objective-C and Python
C++ and Python
Open source, GPL-3.0 (strong copyleft) (both)
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license. (both)
15k GitHub stars
14k GitHub stars
Established: started 4 years ago, latest release 2.25.0.
Established: started 4 years ago, latest release v12.1.3.8.
Other comparisons
More document management systems
Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.