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i18next internationalization framework

Last release 1 months ago
03 Sep 2026
Ships fairly regularly
a new release about every 2 weeks
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 60 of the last 60 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
15 years old
608 releases · first in 2012

Release timeline

608 releases since 2012

2012201420162018

Releases

2.0.0-alpha.186 Nov 2015pre-release
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2.0.0-alpha.175 Nov 2015pre-release
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2.0.0-alpha.165 Nov 2015pre-release
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2.0.0-alpha.1430 Oct 2015pre-release

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2.0.0-alpha.1329 Oct 2015pre-release

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2.0.0-alpha.1229 Oct 2015pre-release

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2.0.0-alpha.1128 Oct 2015pre-release

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2.0.0-alpha.628 Oct 2015pre-release

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2.0.0-alpha.528 Oct 2015pre-release

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2.0.0-alpha.428 Oct 2015pre-release

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2.0.0-alpha.328 Oct 2015pre-release

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2.0.0-alpha.128 Oct 2015pre-release

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2.0.0-alpha.028 Oct 2015pre-release

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1.10.612 Nov 2015

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1.10.519 Oct 2015

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1.10.427 Jul 2015

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1.10.317 Jul 2015Security

[SECURITY] merges Reimplement XSS-vulnerable sequential replacement code PR 443

fixes issue where lng get fixed on data-i18n-options
[SECURITY] merges Reimplement XSS-vulnerable sequential replacement code PR 443

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1.10.229 Jun 2015

streamline callback(err, t) for case where resStore is passed in

streamline callback(err, t) for case where resStore is passed in

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1.10.123 Jun 2015

fixes Adds jquery like functionality without the jquery plugin. PR 403 by adding it to output

fixes Adds jquery like functionality without the jquery plugin. PR 403 by adding it to output

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1.10.023 Jun 2015

[BREAKING] new callbacks will be node.js conform function(err, t) | Forward the error from sync fetch methods to the init callback function PR 402

[BREAKING] new callbacks will be node.js conform function(err, t) | Forward the error from sync fetch methods to the init callback function PR 402
fix fallback lng option during translations PR 399
Adds jquery like functionality without the jquery plugin. PR 403

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1.9.019 May 2015

fix fallback to default namepsace when namespace passed as an option PR 375

i18n.noConflict() PR 371
fix fallback to default namepsace when namespace passed as an option PR 375
cache option for ajax requests PR 376
option to show key on value is empty string PR 379
Add isInitialized method PR 380
Null check for detectLngFromLocalStorage PR 384
support for adding timeout in configuration for ajax request PR 387

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1.7.1012 Feb 2015

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1.7.913 Jan 2015

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1.7.810 Dec 2014

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1.7.65 Dec 2014

fixes lng detection (i18next-client on npm)

fixes lng detection (i18next-client on npm)

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1.7.423 Apr 2014

add resource bundle gets deep extend flag i18n.addResourceBundle(lng, ns, { 'deep': { 'key2': 'value2' }}, true);

add resource bundle gets deep extend flag i18n.addResourceBundle(lng, ns, { 'deep': { 'key2': 'value2' }}, true);
new functions to add one key value or multiple i18n.addResource(lng, ns, key, value);, i18n.addResources(lng, ns, {'key1': 'value1', 'deep.key2': 'value2'});
lngWhitelist merged
override postMissing function
allow floats for count
added indefinite functionality for plurals
optional set replacing vars to replace member to avoid collision with other options
experimental optional detectLngFromLocalStorage
fix for norwegian language

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1.7.319 Apr 2014

solves issue with ie8 not providing .trim function on string -> added to shim

solves issue with ie8 not providing .trim function on string -> added to shim
set data using $(selector).i18n() on data-i18n='[data-someDataAttr]key'
more bullet proof state handling on failed file load
corrected latvian plurals based on issue 231
allow array of fallback languages
allow int in values passed to shortcut sprintf
setLng to 'cimode' will trigger a CI mode returning 'key' instead of translation

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1.7.125 Sept 2013

allow translate to take an array of keys - take first found

fixed some typo
allow translate to take an array of keys - take first found
allow numbers in object trees

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1.7.017 Sept 2013

test if initialisation finished before allowing calling t function

test if initialisation finished before allowing calling t function
setting option fixLng=true will return t function on init or setLng with the lng fixed for every subsequent call to t
grab key from content if attr data-i18n has no value
setting shortcutFunction to 'defaultValue' allows calling i18n.t(key, defaultValue)
empty string in defaultValue is now valid no longer displaying key
allow option cookieDomain
fixes issue #115 out of stack exception in IE8 by recursing _translate in objectTrees

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1.6.828 May 2013

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1.6.73 May 2013

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1.6.62 May 2013

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1.6.52 May 2013

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1.6.425 Mar 2013

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1.6.320 Mar 2013

fixes issue where plural don't get translated if language is passed in t options

option to parse key if missing
fixes issue where plural don't get translated if language is passed in t options
fixes issue where key or defaultValue aren't postProcessed with itself as value
fixes issue with fallbackLng = false in combination with sendMissingTo = fallback
fixes namespace fallback loop to only loop if array has really a ns in it

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1.6.211 Mar 2013

fixes sendMissing to correct namespace

fixes some var typo
fixes sendMissing to correct namespace
fixes sendMissing in combination with fallbackNS

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1.6.126 Feb 2013

PR #106 optionally un/escape interpolated content

PR #106 optionally un/escape interpolated content
PR #101 automatic gettext like sprintf syntax detection + postprocess injection
customload will get called on dynamicLoad too
fixes namespace array settings if loaded resourcebundle or additional namespaces
lookup of not existend resources can be fallbacked to other namespaces - see option fallbackNS (array or string if one ns to fallback to)
defaultValues get postProcessed
BREAKING: per default null values in resources get translated to fallback. This can be changed by setting option fallbackOnNull to false
PR #81 added support for passing options to nested resources
PR #88 added an exists method to check for the existence of a key in the resource store
fixed issue with null value throws in applyReplacement function
fixed issue #80 empty string lookup ends in fallback instead of returning result in language
fixed issue with null value in resources not returning expected value
optimized tests to use on server (nodejs) too
allow zepto as drop in replacement for $
using testacular as runner
upgraded to grunt 0.4.0
fixed optional interpolation prefix/suffix not used in plural translation cases
optimized check if there are multiple keys for the data-i18n attribute to parse

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1.6.018 Feb 2013

option to specify target to set attributes with jquery function by using 'data-i18n-target attribute'

option to specify target to set attributes with jquery function by using 'data-i18n-target attribute'
function to set new options for nesting functionality
function to add resources after init
option to lookup in default namespace if value is not found in given namespace
option to change interpolation prefix and suffix via translation options
fixed issue with using ns/keyseparator on plurals, context,...
fixed issue with posting missing when not using jquery
post missing in correct lng if lng is given in translation options
proper usage of deferred object in init function
fixed issue replacing values in objectTree

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1.5.1617 Jan 2013

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1.5.1521 Dec 2012

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1.5.144 Dec 2012

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1.5.135 Nov 2012

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1.5.1217 Oct 2012

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1.5.118 Oct 2012

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1.5.1027 Sept 2012

BREAKING: fixed plural rules for languages with extended plural forms (more than 2 forms)

BREAKING: fixed plural rules for languages with extended plural forms (more than 2 forms)
merged pull #61 - custom loader (enables jsonp or other loading custom loading strategies)
escaping interpolation prefix/suffix for proper regex replace

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1.5.918 Sept 2012

functions to load additional namespaces after init and to set default namespace to something else

functions to load additional namespaces after init and to set default namespace to something else
set if you don't want to read defaultValues from content while using jquery fc
set dataAttribute to different value
set cookieName to different value
some smallbugfixes
typesafe use of console if in debug mode

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1.5.812 Sept 2012

disable cookie usage by setting init option useCookie to false

disable cookie usage by setting init option useCookie to false
accept empty string as translation value
fixed bug in own ajax implementation not using proper sendType
fixed bug for returning objTree in combination with namespace
fixed bug in plurals of romanic lngs

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1.5.711 Sept 2012

changable querystring param to look language up from

pass namespace in t() options
interpolation nesting
changable querystring param to look language up from

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1.5.66 Sept 2012

typesafe check for window, document existance

typesafe check for window, document existance
runnable under rhino
seperated amd builds with/without jquery

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1.5.53 Sept 2012

BREAKING added all plurals: suffixes will new be same as in gettext usage (number indexes key_plural_0|2|3|4|5|7|8|10|11|20|100), additional if needed

BREAKING added all plurals: suffixes will new be same as in gettext usage (number indexes key_plural_0|2|3|4|5|7|8|10|11|20|100), additional if needed signature of addRule has changed
added sprintf as postprocessor -> postProcess = 'sprintf' and sprintf = obj or array
set default postProcessor on init
redone build process with grunt
drop in replacement for jquery each, extend, ajax
setting fallbackLng to false will stop loading and looking it up
option to load only current or unspecific language files

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1.5.015 Aug 2012

pass options to sync.\_fetchOne, use options for fetching

pass options to sync._fetchOne, use options for fetching
support for i18next-webtranslate

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1.4.18 Aug 2012

BREAKING: localStorage defaults to false

post processor
BREAKING: localStorage defaults to false
added localStorageExpirationTime for better caching control
few bug fixes

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1.4.031 Jul 2012

translate key to other language than current

preload multiple languages
translate key to other language than current
fixed issue with namespace usage in combination with context and plurals
more options to send missing values
better amd support

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1.3.49 Jul 2012

set type of ajax request to GET (options sendType: default POST)

set type of ajax request to GET (options sendType: default POST)
set cookie expiration (options cookieExpirationTime: in minutes)
read / cache translation options (context, count, ...) in data-attribute (options useDataAttrOptions: default false)

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1.3.323 May 2012

optional return an objectTree from translation

optional return an objectTree from translation
use jquery promises or callback in initialisation
rewrote all tests with mocha.js

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1.3.212 May 2012

options to init i18next sync (options -> getAsync = false)

options to init i18next sync (options -> getAsync = false)
replace all occurence of replacement string

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1.3.111 May 2012

pass options to selector.i18n() thanks to @hugojosefson

pass options to selector.i18n() thanks to @hugojosefson
close [issue #8(https://github.com/jamuhl/i18next/issues/8)]: Fail silently when trying to access a path with children
cleanup
debug flag (options.debug -> write infos/errors to console)

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1.2.518 Apr 2012

- fix for IE8

fix for IE8

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1.2.45 Apr 2012

added indexOf for non ECMA-262 standard compliant browsers (IE < 9)

added indexOf for non ECMA-262 standard compliant browsers (IE < 9)
calling i28n() on element with data-i18n attribute will localize it now (i18n now not only works on container elements child)

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