# Install wuchale with Homebrew Protobuf-like i18n from plain code. Version 0.25.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:wuchale ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install wuchale ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:wuchale - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.25.6 - **Source summary:** Protobuf-like i18n from plain code - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-05T09:59:45Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - wuchale (cli) - wuchale (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.25.6 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-05 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://wuchale.dev/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage wuchale is a compile-time internationalization toolkit for JavaScript and TypeScript projects. Its project README positions it around writing normal component code and letting the build step extract and replace translatable messages, with catalog storage based on compact arrays and standard PO files. ### Project history The project is organized as the `wuchalejs/wuchale` monorepo and includes the core CLI plus official adapter packages for JSX, Svelte, Astro, JSON storage, and vanilla JavaScript or TypeScript. The official documentation and README emphasize a zero-wrapper approach: developers write literal UI text, then wuchale scans source code with AST analysis and rewrites build output for localization. ### Adoption history Public adoption signals are still modest compared with older i18n libraries, but the project has a real documentation surface, examples, changelog, Discord link, and hundreds of GitHub stars. Its niche is newer front-end stacks where developers want i18n without `t()` calls, wrapper components, or manually named message keys. ### How it is used The documented workflow is to install the base package and any framework adapter, add the Vite plugin when applicable, create `wuchale.config.js`, run `npx wuchale`, and let the tool extract messages into catalogs. Translators edit the extracted PO files, and wuchale compiles compact catalogs for the application build. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers and front-end tooling watchers, wuchale is interesting because it treats i18n as a compiler transform rather than a runtime library convention. It belongs near Vite plugins, AST-based source transforms, gettext-style catalog tooling, and framework adapters for React, Preact, Svelte, SolidJS, Astro, and plain JS/TS. ### Timeline - 0.9.0: Earliest version listed in the official core changelog. - 2026: The official changelog lists the 0.25.x series and recent fixes around nested messages and build behavior. - 2026: The README describes official packages for the core CLI, JSX, Svelte, Astro, and JSON storage. ### Related projects - wuchale overlaps conceptually with gettext and PO-file workflows, but targets modern JavaScript build pipelines. Its README contrasts its normal-code workflow with traditional calls such as `t('Hello')` or wrapper components such as `Trans`. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for wuchale. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - Unix: wuchale.config.js, wuchale.config.ts - Windows: wuchale.config.js, wuchale.config.ts ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** wuchale - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, i18n, internationalization, localization. - [intltool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/intltool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, internationalization, localization, translation. - [transifex-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/transifex-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, i18n, localization, translation. - [translate-toolkit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/translate-toolkit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, i18n, localization, translation. - [crowdin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crowdin/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, localization, translation. - [itstool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/itstool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, localization, translation. - [phrase-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/phrase-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, localization, translation. - [po4a](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/po4a/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, localization, translation. - [wuchale](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/wuchale/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: code, i18n, internationalization, like, localization. - [wuchale](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/wuchale/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/wuchale.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/wuchale.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph