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slate vs nextai-translator
slate has 31,747 GitHub stars, 3,306 forks, 653 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. nextai-translator has 25,021 stars, 1,853 forks, 529 open issues and last shipped yesterday. slate leads on adoption by 27% (31,747 vs 25,021 stars). slate is written in TypeScript under MIT; nextai-translator is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. slate has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, nextai-translator 7%. nextai-translator was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| slate | nextai-translator | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 25K |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-10-28 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 1.9K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick slate if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick nextai-translator if
- You want the nextai-translator feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and nextai-translator fits your workflow better
About slate
A completely customizable framework for building rich text editors. Why? · Principles · Demo · Examples · Documentation · Contributing! Slate lets you build rich, intuitive editors like those in Medium, Dropbox Paper or Google Docs—which are becoming table stakes for applications on the web—without your codebase getting mired in complexity. It can do this because all of its logic is implemented with a series of plugins, so you aren't ever constrained by what is or isn't in "core". You can think of it like a pluggable implementation of contenteditable built on top of React. It was inspired by libraries like…
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About nextai-translator
Due to receiving a trademark ownership warning from OpenAI, this project and product has been renamed to nextai translator. We hope you understand. English 中文 The translator that does more than just translation Why Yet another Translator I have developed a Bob plugin that utilizes ChatGPT API to provide global word translation on macOS. However, since not all users have access to macOS to benefit from the plugin, I have created this project! More than just a browser extension What began as a Chrome extension has now evolved into a multi platform desktop app that I am currently developing. More than just…
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Frequently asked questions
Is slate or nextai-translator more popular?
slate has 31,747 GitHub stars and nextai-translator has 25,021. slate has the larger community by that measure.
Are slate and nextai-translator free?
Both are open source. slate is licensed under MIT and nextai-translator under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between slate and nextai-translator?
slate is written in TypeScript and nextai-translator in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, slate or nextai-translator?
Choose slate if you want the larger community (31,747 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose nextai-translator if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.