Reverso Context desktop client for Linux

Content

We translate either by passing words as arguments or by piping selected text, for example wl-paste -p | reverso-linux. A floating GTK window opens with From and To combos, a text entry with a Translate button, and a swap button. It closes with Esc and remembers the languages in the config file.

For short phrases it shows translation options with frequency counts as toggle buttons. Clicking an option shows usage examples side by side, source with translation. Long text shows the top translations directly.

I bind it to Win+R in Hyprland so any selection translates with one shortcut. Releases ship a tarball with the binary, and there is a PKGBUILD for the AUR.

History

I wrote it in in June 2026 in about two weeks: init, examples and options fetching, language swap, input with the translate button, and CI with formatting. In the end I made the requests async so the window never freezes.