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[account ↗] [repo ↗] APPLICATION ★ 4686 299 ● active (last update 7 months ago)
reviewed by: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

MTranServer is a high-performance, offline machine translation server that provides a REST API, web UI, and desktop Electron application. It leverages Mozilla's Bergamot (Marian NMT) engine compiled to WebAssembly for on-device translation, with no GPU required and average response times around 50ms. The server supports major world languages, language auto-detection via CLD2 (also compiled to WASM), and offers compatibility endpoints for popular browser translation plugins such as Immersive Translate, DeepL, Google Translate, and Kiss Translator. The architecture is a TypeScript/Node.js monolith using Express with tsoa for typed controllers and Swagger generation, a React frontend with shadcn/ui, and an Electron desktop wrapper. The system includes model auto-downloading, LRU caching, worker-per-language concurrency, and offline mode. The repository contains a large deprecated codebase (Go, Node.js v1, Rust, C++ versions) which is not actively used but remains in the source tree, potentially causing confusion. The active code is well-structured and follows modern TypeScript practices, though some vendored dependencies (CLD2, Bergamot) are old and have been compiled to WASM to mitigate drift.

RATING7.7/10
QUALITY7.2/10
MAINTENANCEactive
DRIFTlow
CONTRIBUTORS2
VELOCITY0.47
OPEN ISSUES29
CLOSED ISSUES117
LAST COMMIT7 months ago
express (npm) ^5.2.1
express-validator (npm) ^7.3.1
fzstd (npm) ^0.1.1
lru-cache (npm) ^11.2.4
swagger-ui-express (npm) ^5.0.1
@tsoa/runtime (npm) ^7.0.0-alpha.0
@types/bun (npm) ^1.3.5
@types/express (npm) ^5.0.6
@types/node (npm) ^25.0.3
@types/swagger-ui-express (npm) ^4.1.8
tsoa (npm) ^7.0.0-alpha.0
tsx (npm) ^4.21.0
electron (npm) ^39.2.7
electron-builder (npm) ^26.4.0
typescript (npm) ^5.9.3
Files by Type (count)
TypeScript
65
Go
61
TSX
60
JavaScript
30
C/C++ Header
26
Other (.cc)
25
Markdown
22
Other (.png)
18
JSON
13
YAML
8
Shell
5
Other (no ext)
4
Files by Type (size)
Other (.cc)
6MB
Other (.wasm)
5MB
Other (.tgz)
3MB
Other (.png)
529KB
Other (.ico)
352KB
C/C++ Header
343KB
Lock File
290KB
TSX
242KB
Other (.jpg)
240KB
JSON
228KB
Go
223KB
JavaScript
221KB

The LLM identified 4 files worth highlighting for reuse:

Exports a composed middleware chain for Express: request ID generation, structured request logging (with duration, method, path, status), CORS, auth token validation (Bearer token or query parameter), and a centralized error handler. This pattern is self-contained and could be extracted as a reusable middleware library for any Express-based API server.

file: src/middleware/index.ts ↗ | tags: #middleware-chain #request-id #request-logging #auth #error-handling

Implements a generic LRU cache with configurable max size and TTL. Uses a Map for O(1) access and tracks most recent access order. Provides get, set, delete, clear, and size methods. The implementation is standalone and could be reused in any JavaScript/TypeScript project needing a simple in-memory cache.

file: src/utils/cache.ts ↗ | tags: #lru-cache #ttl #generic

Provides a function `normalizeLanguageCode` that maps a wide variety of language code aliases (e.g., 'zh-cn', 'chi', 'chinese', 'zho') to a canonical code. The mapping is comprehensive and based on ISO 639-1/2/3 and common variants. This module is self-contained and could be extracted as a standalone language code normalization utility for any multilingual application.

file: src/utils/lang-alias.ts ↗ | tags: #language-code-normalization #alias-mapping #iso-639

Manages the lifecycle of translation model files: downloads from a remote repository (Mozilla/Bergamot), verifies SHA256 hashes, decompresses fzstd-compressed archives, and caches results. Includes retry logic and progress reporting. The pattern is a reusable model/resource downloader that can be adapted for any project needing to fetch and verify large binary assets.

file: src/models/records.ts ↗ | tags: #model-downloader #hash-verification #decompression #retry
Last analyzed: 2026-09-04 09:58:55.991594
Next check: 2026-09-11 09:58:55.985766
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