What is Matecat?

Matecat is a free and open-source online CAT tool.

CAT ("computer-aided translation") tools assist human translators in doing their work, improving their speed and helping them manage more projects.  As a CAT tool, Matecat includes all the professional features you need, all available for free, and lets you work with 80 different file formats that can be translated into over 200 languages.

Matecat is addressed to:

• Individual professional translators who want to work on their translation task autonomously.
• LSPs who need to manage more projects. 
• Companies and non-professional translators who need to order a quality translation provided by Translated with fast turnaround at competitive prices (learn more).

Why Matecat is free?

We believe that technology should be free and open. source. We created Matecat based on this philosophy and we came up with an innovative business model to guarantee that the tool is sustainable. With Matecat, you can translate all your projects for free, but you also have the option of outsourcing the translation to Translated. This, along with enterprise software customization, is how we guarantee that Matecat will continue to be free.

Requirements to use Matecat

Matecat is an online CAT tool. So what you need to work with it is:

1. A browser 
2. An internet connection

That’s it!

We suggest always using the most recent version of each browser.

We can't exclude the possibility that Matecat runs on other browsers. However, please note that the officially supported browsers are:

• Chrome 
• Edge 
• Firefox 
• Safari 

Internet connection issues

Matecat is designed for users that have access to the internet.

In the event of a temporary loss of internet connection, you can still translate up to 30 segments; Matecat will synchronise the translated segments once the connection is re-established.