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nextai-translator vs thorium
nextai-translator has 25,021 GitHub stars, 1,853 forks, 529 open issues and last shipped yesterday. thorium has 7,620 stars, 297 forks, 140 open issues and last shipped 23 days ago. nextai-translator leads on adoption by 228% (25,021 vs 7,620 stars). nextai-translator is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; thorium is written in C++ under BSD-3-Clause. nextai-translator has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, thorium 4%. 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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| nextai-translator | thorium | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 25K | ★ 7.6K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | TypeScript | C++ |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.9K | ⑂ 297 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick nextai-translator if
- You weight community size — 25K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick thorium if
- You want the thorium feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You evaluated both and thorium fits your workflow better
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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About thorium
Thorium Chromium fork for linux named after radioactive element No. 90. Windows/MacOS/RasPi/Android/Other builds see below. Always built with the latest LTS version of Chromium. Intended to behave like and have the featureset of Google Chrome, with differences/patches/enhancements listed below. Compiler optimizations such as LTO, CFlag, LDFlag, LLVM Loop, and PGO, to make it FAST. :boom: In addition, we release builds tailored to different CPUs with different SIMD instructions, for even more execution speed. We offer SSE3, SSE4, AVX, and AVX2 builds, named as such in the Releases. If you are unsure which one to…
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Frequently asked questions
Is nextai-translator or thorium more popular?
nextai-translator has 25,021 GitHub stars and thorium has 7,620. nextai-translator has the larger community by that measure.
Are nextai-translator and thorium free?
Both are open source. nextai-translator is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and thorium under BSD-3-Clause. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between nextai-translator and thorium?
nextai-translator is written in TypeScript and thorium in C++. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, nextai-translator or thorium?
Choose nextai-translator if you want the larger community (25,021 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose thorium if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.