Lingarr: Subtitle Translation Made Easy

Lingarr is an application that leverages translation technologies to automatically translate subtitle files to your desired target language. With support for both LibreTranslate and DeepL, Lingarr provides a flexible solution for subtitle translation.

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🌟 Multiple Translation Service Support

Lingarr now offers multiple services for automated translation:

• LibreTranslate
• DeepL
• Anthropic
• OpenAI
• Local AI
• Google
• Bing
• Yandex
• Azure

Choose the engine that best fits your needs.

Usage

Docker Compose

To run Lingarr using Docker Compose, add the following configuration to your docker-compose.yml file,

Note: As of this version, Lingarr uses a dynamic mapper, which may encounter issues with deeper media directories.
If your mapping involves more than a single directory, please consult the wiki, create an issue, or contact me on Discord

Setting up Lingarr

services:
  lingarr:
    image: lingarr/lingarr:latest
    container_name: lingarr
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "9876:8080"
    volumes:
      - /path/to/media/movies:/movies #match with radarr
      - /path/to/media/tv:/tv #match with sonarr
      - /path/to/config:/app/config
    networks:
      - lingarr

networks:
  lingarr:
    external: true

Setting up LibreTranslate

This step is optional if you are using a translation service other than LibreTranslate.

  LibreTranslate:
    container_name: LibreTranslate
    image: libretranslate/libretranslate:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - LT_LOAD_ONLY=en,nl  # Important, replace with your preferred languages
    ports:
      - 5000:5000
    volumes:
      - /path/to/config:/home/libretranslate/.local/share/argos-translate
    networks:
      - lingarr
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "./venv/bin/python scripts/healthcheck.py"]

Docker CLI

Follow the following steps to set up Lingarr and LibreTranslate via docker CLI

Setting up Lingarr

docker run -d \
  --name lingarr \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 9876:8080 \
  -v /path/to/movies:/app/media/movies \
  -v /path/to/tv:/app/media/tv \
  -v /path/to/config:/app/config \
  --network lingarr \
  lingarr/lingarr:latest

Setting up LibreTranslate

Create necessary directories and set permissions:

mkdir -p /apps/libretranslate/{local,db}
chmod -R 777 /apps/libretranslate

Run LibreTranslate Docker container:

docker run -d \
  --name LibreTranslate \
  -p 5000:5000 \
  -v /path/to/libretranslate/db:/app/db \
  -v /path/to/libretranslate/local:/home/libretranslate/.local \
  libretranslate/libretranslate \
  --disable-web-ui \
  --load-only=en,nl     # Important, replace with your preferred languages

Lingarr parameters

Parameter	Function
-p 9876:8080	Maps port 9876 on the host to port 8080 for the Lingarr web interface
-e PUID=1000	Sets the user ID for the container process
-e PGID=1000	Sets the group ID for the container process
-e MAX_CONCURRENT_JOBS=1	Sets the amount of jobs that can run concurrently, defaults to 1
-e DB_CONNECTION=mysql	Specifies the database connection type. Options are mysql or sqlite
-e DB_HOST=Lingarr.Mysql	The hostname for the MySQL database (required when using mysql)
-e DB_PORT=3306	The port for the MySQL database (required when using mysql)
-e DB_DATABASE=LingarrMysql	The name of the database (required when using mysql)
-e DB_USERNAME=LingarrMysql	The username for the database (required when using mysql)
-e DB_USERNAME=LingarrMysql	The password for the database (required when using mysql)
-v /app/config	Lingarr configuration directory. The SQLite database is stored here if used
-v /app/movies	Location of Movie library on disk
-v /app/tv	Location of TV Shows library on disk

LibreTranslate parameters

Parameter	Function
LT_LOAD_ONLY	Allows you to add source languages by their iso code
LT_DISABLE_WEB_UI	Enables or disables a Google translate like web ui

API Integration

Lingarr provides a RESTful API that allows you to integrate subtitle translation capabilities into your applications. You can find the complete API documentation, including a Swagger definition of all available endpoints at the Lingarr API Documentation

🤝 Contributing:

We welcome contributions to Lingarr! Whether it's bug reports, feature requests, or code contributions, please feel free to help out. Visit the Lingarr GitHub repository to get started.

🙏 Credits:

Icons: Lucide
Subtitle Parsing: AlexPoint
Translation Services: libretranslate
GTranslate: GTranslate
For helping to squash a big bug:
HomerSimpson