wuchale

I started Wuchale because I’ve experienced firsthand how heavy, complex, and time-consuming internationalization (i18n) can be. In one previous project, I even avoided i18n entirely because I didn’t want to go through that experience again. That frustration turned into a mission: build a lightweight, developer-friendly and performant i18n solution that makes translations simple instead of painful, by requiring no code modifications.

Over summer 2025, I dedicated full-time effort (and then some) to Wuchale. My goal wasn’t just to get something “working”, it was to make it production-ready and polished. That meant clean, minimal  (and non-existent) APIs, strong documentation, a smooth developer experience, and flexibility for frameworks like Svelte, React, SolidJS, and more, with plans to support other backend languages like Python and Go.
 

Now Wuchale is ready for real-world adoption and is already being used in other projects. To make continued development sustainable, it needs funding. I’ve transparently logged all my work as expenses, so you can see exactly what has gone into building it so far.

My purpose is simple: make high-quality internationalization accessible to every project, without the burden. With your support, I can continue improving Wuchale, keeping it well-maintained, and growing it into the reliable i18n tool that developers deserve.

Thank you for supporting Wuchale,
Kidus