# Install zanata-client with Homebrew, MacPorts Zanata translation system command-line client. Version 4.6.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:zanata-client ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install zanata-client ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install zanata-cli ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/zanata-cli/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:zanata-client - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.6.2 - **Source summary:** Zanata translation system command-line client - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-2.1-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - zanata-cli (cli) - zanata-cli (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk@8 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.6.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: http://zanata.org/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Zanata Client is the command-line side of Zanata, a Java-based web translation platform used to push source documents to a Zanata server and pull translated content back into software or documentation trees. ### Project history Zanata was built as a browser-based translation system for documentation and software localization, with a REST API, translation memory, and workflows for formats such as PO files and DocBook/Publican documentation. The platform README says projects can be uploaded to and downloaded from a Zanata server using either a Maven plugin or a command-line client. The old `zanata-client` repository now states that Zanata source code moved to `zanata-platform`. The platform README notes that repositories such as zanata-api, zanata-client, zanata-common, zanata-parent, and zanata-server were merged before 2016-10-20, turning the CLI into one module inside the larger platform source tree. ### Adoption history Zanata saw adoption in Fedora and Red Hat-adjacent localization workflows. Fedora's Zanata translation instructions told contributors to download a project `zanata.xml`, run `zanata-cli pull` to get source and translated files, and run `zanata-cli push` to upload translations back to the server. That adoption later declined. Fedora's Zanata removal change says most Fedora projects migrated to Weblate and that the old translation platform needed to be removed because the community should not have to contribute in multiple places and nobody assumed Zanata maintenance. ### How it is used Typical use combines a user config file with a project `zanata.xml`. Maintainers initialize a translation project, push source content, and pull translated content from a Zanata server; translators can work in the web UI while developers keep source trees synchronized from the command line. ### Why package nerds care Zanata Client is package-nerd significant as a localization build-pipeline tool. It is not an end-user app; it is the glue between source repositories, translation servers, PO/Publican-style document formats, and release engineering. Its history also captures a common packaging afterlife: a once-important ecosystem CLI remains packaged even after a community migrates to another service, because old documentation builds and long-lived downstream projects may still need it. ### Timeline - 2012: Opensource.com described Zanata as an open-source Java translation platform with REST APIs and command-line tools. - 2016-10-20: Zanata platform README marks the point before which pull-request references belonged to the old split repositories, including zanata-client. - 2018: FreeBSD FreshPorts added zanata-cli as the Java command-line client for pushing and pulling Zanata content. - 2020: Fedora Zanata removal planning documented the migration of most Fedora projects to Weblate. ### Related projects - Related projects include Zanata Platform, Zanata Maven Plugin, zanata-python-client, Weblate, Transifex, gettext, PO files, Publican, and Fedora localization tooling. ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for zanata-client. 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: ~/.config/zanata.ini, zanata.xml ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.config/zanata.ini ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** zanata-client - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 2 - **Requirements:** arch - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** yes - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - zanata-cli: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/zanata-cli/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched web development metadata. - [openjdk@8](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk-8/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [crowdin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crowdin/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: command-line, line, openjdk, translation. - [jmxterm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jmxterm/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: client, command-line, line, openjdk. - [transifex-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/transifex-cli/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: client, command-line, line, translation. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/zanata-client.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/zanata-client.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph