Lingui CLI
Extract i18n messages from source and compile translated catalogs.
Dev workflow and config npm MIT
How Lingui CLI is used
Lingui CLI joined the catalog on its public numbers (759,273 downloads a week on npm and 5,920 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 5 public GitHub projects of our scan, 2 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use Zod (80.0%), Immer (60.0%), Emotion (60.0%).
Often used with Lingui CLI
| Zod | 80.0% of Lingui CLI projects · 3.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| Immer | 60.0% of Lingui CLI projects · 79.3× more than average |
| Emotion | 60.0% of Lingui CLI projects · 32.1× more than average |
| React | 80.0% of Lingui CLI projects · 2.5× more than average |
| Next.js | 60.0% of Lingui CLI projects · 3.3× more than average |
| TypeScript | 100.0% of Lingui CLI projects · 1.8× more than average |
| Prettier | 60.0% of Lingui CLI projects · 2.8× more than average |
| dnd kit | 40.0% of Lingui CLI projects · 16.4× more than average |
How Lingui CLI is funded
Open Collective: js-lingui
| Received, last 12 months | $0 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $0 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $1,104 |
| Raised since the start | $4,716 · $3,612 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $0 · $0 over 24 months |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 0 |
Top company backers all time, 6 companies in total
| Translation.io | $2,400 since May 2021 |
|---|---|
| Crowdin | $1,300 since Apr 2022 |
| Sector Labs | $1,000 since Oct 2020 |
| Greenlight | $120 since Nov 2020 |
| WoWAnalyzer | $100 since Dec 2019 |
Oct 2021Sep 2026
Money by month, last five years. First money received in Sep 2018. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
Open Collective lists lingui/js-lingui as this collective's repository.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
GitHub Sponsors
| @timofei-iatsenko | 1 current sponsor |
|---|---|
| @vonovak | 33 current sponsors |
GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay. Sponsors of a person back all of their work.
Ways to fund Lingui CLI
GitHub Sponsors GitHub Sponsors
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install @lingui/cli |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (3), Rust (2) |
| Example projects | crbnos/carbon, witchesofthehill/manabrew |
Alternatives to Lingui CLI
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Dev workflow and config does the same job as Lingui CLI: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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