install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install crowdin

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id Crowdin.CrowdinCLI -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Crowdin.CrowdinCLI · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Command-line tool that allows to manage your resources with crowdin.com

Project links

Commands and aliases

crowdin

history

Project history and usage

Crowdin CLI is the official command-line client for synchronizing localization resources between a source tree and Crowdin projects. It is a developer-tools package because it moves translation upload, download, status, and project-resource management into scripts, CI jobs, and terminal workflows.

Project history

The official repository describes Crowdin CLI as an open source, cross-platform terminal tool for managing and synchronizing localization resources. The public tag history begins with the 2.x series, and the current 4.x line is distributed through GitHub releases and common package channels.

Adoption history

Crowdin's own documentation and README emphasize CI/CD and integration with GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI, Docker, npm, Homebrew, Chocolatey, and release assets. The README also advertises package download badges and a GitHub dependents badge, reflecting use both as a local binary and as automation infrastructure.

How it is used

Typical use is to keep source files and translations in sync: upload source content, download translations into configured paths, upload existing translations, check status, and manage files, branches, strings, glossaries, translation memories, tasks, distributions, screenshots, labels, apps, and context.

The CLI uses a configuration file for project mapping and authentication details such as token, project ID, base URL, base path, and file patterns. Command-line config options can override file values, which makes the tool friendly to CI environments that inject credentials.

Why package nerds care

Crowdin CLI is significant because localization becomes part of the package build and release loop. A package maintainer can treat translations as artifacts synchronized by a repeatable CLI rather than a manual web-console step, which is why distribution through Homebrew, npm, Docker, Chocolatey, and Winget matters.

Timeline

2020s: 2.x public tag series
2023: 4.x line established by release history
2026: 4.14.x releases

Related projects

Crowdin CLI is tied to Crowdin and Crowdin Enterprise APIs, the Crowdin configuration-file format, and automation systems such as GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, and CircleCI.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: crowdin.yml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: crowdin.yml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`crowdin`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version4.14.3

manager updated2026-06-11

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/crowdin/crowdin-cli

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/crowdin/crowdin-clinone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:crowdin
Version	4.14.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/crowdin
Homepage	https://support.crowdin.com/cli-tool/
Repository	https://github.com/crowdin/crowdin-cli
Upstream docs	https://support.crowdin.com/cli-tool
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/crowdin/crowdin-cli/releases/download/4.14.3/crowdin-cli.zip
Last updated	2026-06-11T09:54:17Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	openjdk
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	crowdin
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

winget95%

Crowdin.CrowdinCLI

winget install --id Crowdin.CrowdinCLI -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Crowdin

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Crowdin.CrowdinCLI from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/crowdin.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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