po2json-i18next

Convert Django .po files to i18next-compatible JSON with zero dependencies.

Features

• 🚀 Blazing fast - Pure Node.js implementation
• 📦 Zero dependencies
• 🌍 Automatic language detection from PO metadata
• 💡 Supports basic PO syntax (msgid, msgstr)
• 🔧 Flexible output - CLI or programmatic use

QuickStart

  npx po2json-i18next input.po output.json

Option 2: Package Scripts

Add to your package.json:

{
  "scripts": {
    "convert-po": "po2json-i18next locales/input.po public/locales/output.json"
  }
}

Then run:

  npm run convert-po
  Option 4: Programmatic Use
  javascript
  const { parsePo } = require('po2json-i18next');
  const fs = require('fs');

  const poContent = fs.readFileSync('input.po', 'utf8');
  const { translations } = parsePo(poContent);

  console.log(translations); // { "Hello": "Hello", ... }

CLI Options

Parameter Description Example <input.po> Path to source .po file locales/en.po <output.json> Path for output JSON public/locales/en.json --pretty Pretty-print JSON output po2json input.po output.json --pretty

Example

input.po:

msgid "Hello" msgstr "Hello"

msgid "Welcome" msgstr "Welcome"

output.json:

{ "translation": { "Hello": "Hello", "Welcome": "Welcome" } }

Development

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/your/po2json-i18next.git
cd po2json-i18next

Install dependencies:

  npm install

Run tests:

  npm test

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! For major changes, please open an issue first.

License MIT © 2023 [Pavel Kalinin]