PangMo5/SwiftyCrow
Fully on-device on-screen translator for macOS: region capture and live overlay, powered by Vision OCR and Apple Translation
- Stars
- 115
- Forks
- 14
- Open issues
- 3
- Last push
- 20d ago
About SwiftyCrow
SwiftyCrow is a free, open-source AI productivity app by PangMo5, written mainly in Swift. Fully on-device on-screen translator for macOS: region capture and live overlay, powered by Vision OCR and Apple Translation. It has 115 GitHub stars and 14 forks, and was last updated 20d ago. It's released under the AGPL-3.0 license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it works on macOS.
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Commercial use
- Copyleft
- Language
- Swift
- Stars
- 115
- Last update
- 20d ago
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not stated
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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SwiftyCrow FAQ
Can I use SwiftyCrow commercially?
With conditions. AGPL-3.0 allows commercial use, but if you modify it or build on it, even as a web service, your code must also be released under AGPL. This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice.
Is SwiftyCrow free?
Yes. SwiftyCrow is open source and free to use. It's released under the AGPL-3.0 license, a standard open-source license.
Does SwiftyCrow run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, SwiftyCrow works on macOS.
Does SwiftyCrow need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is SwiftyCrow still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated 20d ago and has 3 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to SwiftyCrow?
Similar free, open-source tools include nextai-translator, subtitle-translator, sokuji, Translate-It.