i18n fr-CA Lint — Quebec Bill 96

Runs the same checker as our npm package on a Node.js runtime that pip installs for you (nodejs-wheel-binaries) - no system Node.js needed. Your files are checked locally.

Finds the France-French and left-over English lines in your fr-CA locale file before an OQLF complaint does.

Install

i18n-fr-ca-bill96-lint file

Node 18+. The same 9 rules as the VS Code extension, from a terminal or CI.

Free

• Lints the fr-CA locale file you have open with all 9 rules — fr-FR term, English left untranslated, euro currency, slashed date, English number separator, unaccented capital, empty or TODO value, fr-FR locale tag, anglicism — and prints every hit with its line number and the Quebec wording to use instead. No licence key.
• --rules lists every rule

With a licence ($29 once)

• Sweeps every locale file in the workspace in one command, writes the findings to a Markdown report and to a CSV or JSON export you keep, and returns a CI exit code so a bad French build fails the pipeline. $29 once, one licence key per person or CI seat.

i18n-fr-ca-bill96-lint --dir ./templates --report html --out report.html

A Canadian language-service provider bills fr-CA revision at $0.10 to $0.15 a word; a 12,000-word UI string set is $1,200 to $1,800.

Use from an AI agent (MCP)

Claude Code · Cursor · Windsurf · any MCP client - add to your MCP config:

{ "mcpServers": { "i18n-fr-ca-bill96-lint": { "command": "i18n-fr-ca-bill96-lint", "args": ["--mcp"] } } }

Tools: check_text and check_file (free) · check_dir (licence). The agent gets every finding with the line number.

Use in CI

- name: i18n fr-CA Lint — Quebec Bill 96
  run: pip install rulestamp-i18n-fr-ca-bill96-lint && i18n-fr-ca-bill96-lint --dir . --ci

The folder sweep, reports and CI mode need one licence — one payment, no subscription. Set READYSTACK_LICENSE=<key> or run --license <key> once.

Get a licence

Install (PyPI)

pip install rulestamp-i18n-fr-ca-bill96-lint
i18n-fr-ca-bill96-lint --help