tisfeng / Easydict
一个简洁优雅的词典翻译 macOS App。开箱即用,支持离线 OCR 识别,支持有道词典,🍎 苹果系统词典,🍎 苹果系统翻译,OpenAI,Gemini,DeepL,Google,Bing,腾讯,百度,阿里,小牛,彩云和火山翻译。A concise and elegant Dictionary and Translator macOS App for looking up words and translating text.
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Repository Summary (README)
PreviewEasydict
Easydict is a concise and easy-to-use translation dictionary macOS App that allows you to easily and elegantly look up words or translate text.
Easydict is ready to use out of the box, can automatically recognize the language of the input text, supports input translate, select translate, and OCR screenshot translate, and can query multiple translation services results at the same time.
Supported translation services: 🍎 Apple Dictionary, 🍎 Apple Translate, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ollama, Groq, Zhipu AI, GitHub Models, DeepL, Google, Youdao, Tencent, Bing, Baidu, Niutrans, Caiyun, Alibaba, Volcano and Doubao.


Features
- 🚀 Out of the box, automatic language recognition
- 🖱️ Auto select with mouse and shortcut key
- 📸 OCR screenshot translation and slient screenshot OCR
- 🔊 Multiple TTS voice services
- 📚 Support 🍎 Apple System Dictionary and System Translation
- 🌐 Support 20+ translation services (OpenAI, Gemini, DeepL, Google, Ollama, Groq, etc.)
- 🗣️ Support for 48 languages
If you like this app, please consider giving it a Star ⭐️, thanks! (^-^)
Contributing
If you're interested in this project, we welcome your contributions. Our development follows this workflow:
- dev branch: Latest development code, may contain features in progress
- main branch: Stable release code, regularly merged from dev branch
Please submit bug fixes and features to dev branch; for major new features or UI changes, please open an issue for discussion first. See full contribution guide.
Issue/PR Triage Notes
The maintainer has been quite busy recently and usually only has time to triage issues on weekends. PRs (especially bugfix PRs) are prioritized. Also, due to an overloaded inbox and notifications, some messages may not be seen or replied to promptly. Thanks for your understanding.
Installation
Homebrew Installation (Recommended)
brew install --cask easydict
Manual Installation
Download the latest release.
[!NOTE] Latest version supports macOS 13.0+, for older systems please use 2.7.2
Usage
| Ways | Description | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Input Translate | Press the input translate shortcut key (default ⌥ + A), enter the text to be translated, and Enter key to translate | ![]() |
| Mouse Select Translate | The query icon is automatically displayed after the word is selected, and the mouse hovers over it to query | ![]() |
| Shortcut Select Translate | After selecting the text to be translated, press the shortcut key (default ⌥ + D) | ![]() |
| Screenshot Translate | Press the screenshot translate shortcut key (default ⌥ + S) to capture the area to be translated | ![]() |
| Silent Screenshot OCR | Press the Silent Screenshot shortcut key(default ⌥ + ⇧ + S)to capture the area, the OCR results will be copied directly to the clipboard |
Documentation
- 📖 Complete Usage Guide - Detailed features, configuration and tips
- 🔧 Developer Build Guide - Build and run from source code
- 🍎 How to use macOS System Dictionary
- 🍎 How to use macOS System Translation
- 🌍 How to translate Easydict
Acknowledgements
- This project was inspired by saladict and Bob, and the initial version was made based on Bob (GPL-3.0). Easydict has made many improvements and optimizations on the original project, and many features and UI are referenced from Bob.
- Screenshot feature is based on isee15's Capture-Screen-For-Multi-Screens-On-Mac, and optimized on this project.
- Select text feature is referenced from PopClip.
Statement
Easydict is licensed under the GPL-3.0 open source license, which is for learning and communication only. Anyone can get this product and source code for free. If you believe that your legal rights have been violated, please contact the author immediately. You can use the source code freely, but you must attach the corresponding license and copyright.
Sponsor
Easydict is a free and open source project, currently mainly developed and maintained by the author. If you like this project and find it helpful, you can consider sponsoring this project to support it, so that it can go further.
Thanks to @CanglongCl for providing the Apple Developer account, which solved the app signature issue, allowing more people to use Easydict conveniently.
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