Tolgee alternative for teams that would rather ship apps than run a localization server.

ReRune gives teams comparing Tolgee a hosted localization workspace with CLI sync, AI assistance, translation variants, an MCP server, and OTA SDKs for React, React Native, Angular, Flutter, Android, and iOS. There is no server to operate and no license key to manage.

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ReRune dashboard showing localization workspace activity and project status

ReRune projects list showing real localization projects in a workspace

ReRune project keys view for managing software translation keys

ReRune OTA demo mobile app landing screen with live localization status

ReRune OTA demo mobile app story screen showing runtime translation content

Common challenge

Teams look at Tolgee because it is open source and can be self-hosted. Then they find that self-hosting means running and upgrading a server, and that several features need a paid license.

Best fit

Product and engineering teams that want their app to keep standard i18n, without operating localization infrastructure themselves.

How ReRune helps

Tolgee offers in-context editing for web apps, a content delivery CDN, and Android and iOS SDKs. ReRune adds a Flutter OTA SDK, translation variants for A/B tests, white-label brands, and plan-specific copy, publication rollback, and OTA staging previews.

Where ReRune goes further

What ReRune adds beyond Tolgee

Managing translations is only half the job. ReRune also controls what reaches your users, when, and for whom. Competitor notes reflect each vendor's public documentation in October 2026.

Fix live app text without a release

Publish a typo fix, a legal change, or a new language, and every supported app picks it up on its next update check. No store review, no redeploy. ReRune ships OTA SDKs for React, React Native, Angular, Flutter, Android, and iOS, each with an on-device cache and fallback to bundled strings.

Tolgee: OTA on Android, a manual remote fetch on iOS, and a CDN for web. Flutter gets ARB file support but no OTA SDK.

See drafts in the real app before your users do

Turn on staging in a development or QA build to see saved drafts, unfinished translations, and new keys inside the running app. Production users keep the published text until you publish.

Tolgee: separate content delivery configurations, for example per branch, but no documented draft preview for test builds.

Undo a bad publish in one step

Every publication is kept. Preview an earlier snapshot and restore it to live apps, while the draft you are working on stays untouched.

Tolgee: its content delivery documentation does not describe restoring an earlier publication.

One key, many audiences

Store different messages under the same key for A/B tests, white-label brands, or Free and Pro plans. Your app picks the variant and Main text is the fallback, so there are no duplicated keys and no forked copy.

Tolgee: no documented audience variants. Custom values store key metadata, not alternative messages.

A focused queue for translators

Set the preview language to the language you are working on and filter for keys not yet translated in it. Translators see exactly what is left, with no spreadsheets and no developer handoff.

Self-hosting vs ReRune

Tolgee is free to download. Running it is not.

Tolgee's core is open source, but production use needs a server, a database, and someone who keeps both current. Tolgee Cloud removes that work, and paid ReRune plans start lower than paid Tolgee Cloud plans.

You run the stack

Self-hosted Tolgee runs as a Docker container with an external PostgreSQL database. Tolgee recommends 4 CPUs, 16 GB of RAM, and 20 GB of disk for the server.

You own upgrades, backups, and security

Tolgee publishes new releases often. Someone on your team applies them, checks database migrations, backs up data, patches the host, and handles outages. With ReRune, that work is ours.

Free self-hosting has limits

Tolgee's core is Apache-2.0, and the free self-hosted version allows up to 10 seats. SSO, granular permissions, webhooks, branching, and hosted content delivery need a paid license that Tolgee quotes on request.

Hosted ReRune starts lower

Paid Tolgee Cloud plans start at €69 per month for 50,000 hosted words, which count the source text and every translation. Paid ReRune plans start at €19.95 per month including VAT for 2,000 translation keys, with unlimited languages and seats.

Switching

Switch without rewriting your app.

Tolgee exports translations in standard formats that ReRune imports, including JSON, XLIFF, Flutter ARB, Android XML, and Apple strings files. Web apps that use Tolgee's own React components or hooks move to standard i18next calls, which the ReRune SDK wraps.

Web and React Native keep i18next

ReRune wraps i18next and react-i18next, so your JSON catalogs and t() calls stay the same. ReRune.setup replaces i18n.init.

Angular keeps its pipes

ReRune wraps ngx-translate or Transloco, so the translate and transloco pipes stay in your templates. ReRune.provide replaces the provider setup.

Flutter, Android, and iOS keep native lookups

Flutter keeps gen-l10n ARB files and AppLocalizations, Android keeps strings.xml and getString, and iOS keeps NSLocalizedString. You add the ReRune setup call and a small platform hook.

Your files and CLI workflow move with you

Import existing files in standard formats such as ARB, strings.xml, Localizable.strings, XLIFF, and i18next JSON, then push and pull with the ReRune CLI. Your app keeps standard i18n, so your codebase is not tied to ReRune either.

Workflow

From app copy to release-ready localization.

ReRune connects translation management to the delivery path developers already use: dashboard work, AI assistance, CLI/API sync, and OTA updates where a supported SDK is installed.

Collect product text

Manage keys, languages, values, placeholders, dictionaries, metadata, and project context before translation work spreads across files and messages.

Translate with context

Use DeepL or OpenRouter-assisted translation flows with dictionaries and product context close to the text being reviewed.

Sync through developers

Use CLI/API workflows to move approved translations into repositories, CI/CD jobs, scripted release tasks, or custom platform integrations.

Deliver safely

Export platform formats or publish OTA updates for supported SDKs while keeping bundled app resources as the safe fallback.

Setup WizardAI Coding Agent

One command. A wizard sets the stage, your AI agent ships it.

Run the onboarding command from the root of your Git repository. The wizard inspects the app and confirms the plan with you, with no AI involved and nothing changed yet. Then it opens the coding agent you already use with a complete migration workflow.

Run inside your Git repository

$ curl -fsSL https://rerune.io/onboard.sh | sh

View current script View v1.2.6 Changelog

The script runs locally. ReRune does not receive your source code or list of installed agents.

Coding agent integrations

11 integrations: 4 available now, 7 planned.

Claude CodeReady
CodexReady
OpenCodeReady
PiReady
GitHub Copilot CLIPlanned
GoosePlanned
Qwen CodePlanned
Cursor AgentPlanned
Kiro CLIPlanned
Cline CLIPlanned
Factory DroidPlanned

Coverage

App-first does not mean mobile-only.

Start where localization creates release friction, then keep web, mobile, and cross-platform products in one shared workspace as your surface area grows.

Web apps and browser-based products React web apps with the public OTA SDK Angular apps with ngx-translate or Transloco React Native apps with the public OTA SDK Flutter apps with the public OTA SDK Native Android apps with the public OTA SDK Native iOS apps with the public OTA SDK

Developer delivery

Sync through the CLI. Publish through OTA SDKs.

Use the ReRune CLI locally or in CI/CD to manage project translations, then deliver approved runtime updates through the SDK built for your app.

Companion CLI

Install the ReRune CLI

Use the ReRune CLI to sync, validate, and manage translations right from your terminal. Run syncs in CI/CD or locally whenever you need to push a new language.

Homebrew (macOS/Linux):

brew install BasalBit/tap/rerune

Downloadable builds for macOS, Linux, and Windows
Uses the API keys you generate in the dashboard
Fits scripted CI/CD workflows through CLI and API access

rerune

Connect the project

Create the project config and connect the repository to its ReRune workspace.

rerune pull

Pull approved updates

Bring current dashboard translations into the app or its build workflow.

rerune push

Push local changes

Send local translation updates back to ReRune for the team to manage and publish.

SDK directory

Use the current public SDK for each product surface.

Public ReRune SDKs for Flutter, Android, iOS, React, React Native, and Angular support runtime variant selection with Main and bundled fallback.

rerune on pub.dev ReRune Android on Maven Central ReRune iOS on Swift Package Index @rerune/react on npm @rerune/react-native on npm @rerune/angular on npm ngx-translate example app Transloco example app

Flutter        rerune ^1.3.0
Android        rerune-android-compose:1.2.0
               rerune-android-views:1.2.0
iOS            ReRune 1.2.0
React          @rerune/react@1.6.0
React Native   @rerune/react-native@1.6.0
Angular        @rerune/angular@1.6.0

Questions

Questions teams ask before choosing a localization platform.

Contact the ReRune team

Share an idea, report a problem, or ask for help with ReRune.

Is ReRune open source like Tolgee?

No. ReRune is a hosted platform. Your app keeps standard i18n libraries such as i18next, ngx-translate, Transloco, Flutter gen-l10n, Android string resources, and NSLocalizedString, and you can export your translations at any time, so your codebase is not tied to ReRune. If you must run the platform on your own servers, self-hosted Tolgee is the better fit.

How does ReRune pricing compare with Tolgee Cloud?

Tolgee Cloud prices paid plans by hosted words, which include the source text and every translation, starting at €69 per month for 50,000 words as listed on tolgee.io in October 2026. ReRune prices plans by translation keys and monthly OTA quota, with unlimited languages and seats, and paid plans start at €19.95 per month including VAT. Adding a language in ReRune does not move you to a higher plan.

What does self-hosting Tolgee involve?

You run the Tolgee container and an external PostgreSQL database, which Tolgee recommends sizing at 4 CPUs and 16 GB of RAM, and you keep both upgraded, backed up, and secure. The free self-hosted version allows up to 10 seats. SSO, granular permissions, webhooks, branching, and hosted content delivery need a paid license.

How long does it take to switch from Tolgee to ReRune?

Export your Tolgee project in a standard format such as JSON, XLIFF, Flutter ARB, Android XML, or Apple strings, import it into ReRune, and point the ReRune CLI at the project. Web apps that use Tolgee's React components or hooks move to standard i18next calls, which ReRune wraps. Translation memory, glossaries, comments, and history move separately through exports.

Is ReRune a full enterprise suite replacement?

ReRune focuses on software and app localization workflows for product and engineering teams. It does not aim to cover every enterprise content, agency, or language-service workflow.

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