Ubuntu L10n

Ubuntu/Launchpad translation statistics viewer.

Built with GTK4/Adwaita. Part of the Danne L10n Suite.

Installation

Installation from PyPI

GTK4, libadwaita and PyGObject must be installed from your distribution (they are native system libraries and are not installed by pip). On Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-4.0 gir1.2-adw-1 pipx
pipx install --system-site-packages ubuntu-l10n

The PyPI wheel includes the compiled gettext catalogs, including Swedish. The default package language follows the desktop locale preferences (LANGUAGE, LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES or LANG) when that language is supported; Swedish is used as the fallback.

Debian/Ubuntu

For the latest release, download the ubuntu-l10n_*_all.deb package from GitHub Releases and install the downloaded package:

sudo apt install ./ubuntu-l10n_*_all.deb

The Danne L10n Suite APT repository also provides Ubuntu L10n, though its index may lag behind the latest GitHub release. To enable it:

The APT signing key was rotated on 2026-10-30. Its primary fingerprint is 497A39BE28C8389ED4BBAE39CB94F175B0803158. After downloading the key, compare its primary fingerprint from gpg --show-keys --with-fingerprint /tmp/yeager-repo-key.asc with the value above. Existing users must replace their key file before running sudo apt update.

wget -qO /tmp/yeager-repo-key.asc https://yeager.github.io/debian-repo/yeager-repo-key.asc
sudo install -m 0644 /tmp/yeager-repo-key.asc /usr/share/keyrings/yeager-repo.asc
echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/yeager-repo.asc] https://yeager.github.io/debian-repo stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yeager.list
sudo apt update
apt-cache policy ubuntu-l10n
sudo apt install ubuntu-l10n

The Debian package includes AppStream metadata with English and Swedish descriptions for GNOME Software.

Fedora/RPM

An RPM package for Ubuntu L10n is not currently published. On Fedora, use the PyPI installation after installing GTK4, libadwaita and PyGObject from Fedora's package manager.

License

GPL-3.0

Accessibility shortcuts

Ubuntu L10n includes app-level text scaling and a stronger-contrast mode:

• Ctrl + + or Ctrl + = to enlarge text.
• Ctrl + - to reduce text.
• Ctrl + 0 to restore the default text size.
• Ctrl + Shift + H to toggle the high-contrast styling.
• Ctrl + F to focus package search.

These shortcuts affect the current app window. Use Ubuntu's Accessibility settings for system-wide changes.

Icon-only toolbar buttons have screen-reader names. The Release, Language and Sort labels provide keyboard mnemonics that move focus to their selectors.

Translation results are cached locally for an hour. If a cached result is older, Ubuntu L10n shows it while trying Launchpad again. If that request fails, the saved result stays visible and the app explains how to retry. The app remembers the selected Ubuntu release and statistics language locally. On first launch, it chooses the system language when a translation is available.

Author

Daniel Nylander — danielnylander.se