Lokalise

Lokalise is a translation management system (TMS) for software, mobile, web, games, and documentation. It pairs collaborative localization workflows with AI machine translation and a full-coverage REST API (APIv2) that exposes projects, keys, translations, files, contributors, screenshots, snapshots, tasks, branches, glossaries, webhooks, and payments. Official SDKs are maintained for Node.js, Python, Ruby, PHP, Go, Java, .NET, and Elixir.

Lokalise publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Files API, Keys API, and Projects API. Tagged areas include Localization, Translation, TMS, AI Machine Translation, and REST.

Lokalise’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, GitHub presence, and 8 more developer resources.

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35.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try

4 APIs

Localization Translation TMSAI Machine TranslationREST Developer Tools

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 35.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 14.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.8 / 20

Access Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 8.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Lokalise Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

aid: lokalise
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lokalise/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Lokalise
kind: company
description: Lokalise is a translation management system (TMS) for software, mobile, web, games, and documentation. It pairs
  collaborative localization workflows with AI machine translation and a full-coverage REST API (APIv2) that exposes projects,
  keys, translations, files, contributors, screenshots, snapshots, tasks, branches, glossaries, webhooks, and payments. Official
  SDKs are maintained for Node.js, Python, Ruby, PHP, Go, Java, .NET, and Elixir.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/lokalise.png
tags:
- Localization
- Translation
- TMS
- AI Machine Translation
- REST
- Developer Tools
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: lokalise:api-v2
  name: Lokalise API v2
  description: Full-coverage REST API for the Lokalise TMS. Resources include projects, keys, translations, contributors,
    files, comments, screenshots, snapshots, teams, team users, team user groups, branches, languages, tasks, glossaries,
    webhooks, payments, and orders. Authentication is via API token in the X-Api-Token header or OAuth 2.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developers.lokalise.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lokalise.com/api2
  tags:
  - REST
  - Project
  - Keys
  - Translations
  - File
  - Contributors
  - Screenshots
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - REST
  - Projects
  - Keys
  - Translations
  - Files
  - Contributors
  - Screenshots
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.lokalise.com/
  - type: LegacyDocs
    url: https://docs.lokalise.com/en/articles/1400695-lokalise-api-v2
  - type: Blog
    url: https://lokalise.com/blog/lokalise-api/
  - type: SDKs
    title: Node.js
    url: https://github.com/lokalise/node-lokalise-api
  - type: SDKs
    title: Python
    url: https://github.com/lokalise/python-lokalise-api
  - type: SDKs
    title: Ruby
    url: https://github.com/lokalise/ruby-lokalise-api
  - type: SDKs
    title: PHP
    url: https://github.com/lokalise/php-lokalise-api
  - type: SDKs
    title: Go
    url: https://github.com/lokalise/go-lokalise-api
  - type: SDKs
    title: Java
    url: https://github.com/lokalise/java-lokalise-api
  - type: SDKs
    title: .NET
    url: https://github.com/lokalise/dotnet-lokalise-api
  - type: SDKs
    title: Elixir
    url: https://github.com/lokalise/elixir-lokalise-api
  - url: graphql/lokalise-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: lokalise:lokalise-files-api
  name: Lokalise Files API
  description: The Files API from Lokalise — 1 operation(s) for files.
  humanURL: https://developers.lokalise.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lokalise.com/api2
  tags:
  - File
  tags_raw:
  - Files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lokalise-files-api-openapi.yml
- aid: lokalise:lokalise-keys-api
  name: Lokalise Keys API
  description: The Keys API from Lokalise — 2 operation(s) for keys.
  humanURL: https://developers.lokalise.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lokalise.com/api2
  tags:
  - Keys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lokalise-keys-api-openapi.yml
- aid: lokalise:lokalise-projects-api
  name: Lokalise Projects API
  description: The Projects API from Lokalise — 2 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://developers.lokalise.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lokalise.com/api2
  tags:
  - Project
  tags_raw:
  - Projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lokalise-projects-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/lokalise-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/lokalise-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/lokalise-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://lokalise.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.lokalise.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://lokalise.com/blog/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/lokalise
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lokalise
- type: Plans
  url: plans/lokalise-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/lokalise-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/lokalise-finops.yml
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://developers.lokalise.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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