Poedit

{{Short description|Software for computer-assisted translation}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Poedit

| logo = Net.poedit.Poedit.svg

| screenshot = Poedit 1.8.1 en.png

| caption =

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| author =

| developer = Václav Slavík

| released = {{Start date and age|2001}}

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|edit|P348}}

| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}

| programming language = C++

| operating system = Windows, macOS, Unix-like

| platform = Cross-platform

| language = Multilingual

| genre = Computer-assisted translation

| license = Basic version: MIT License
Pro version: Shareware - Windows, macOS

| website = {{URL|poedit.net}}

}}

Poedit (formerly poEdit) is a shareware and cross-platform gettext catalog (.po file) editor to aid in the process of language localisation.{{cite book |last1=Arjona Reina |first1=Laura |last2=Robles |first2=Gregorio |last3=González-Barahona |first3=Jesús M. |chapter=A Preliminary Analysis of Localization in Free Software: How Translations Are Performed |title=Open Source Software: Quality Verification |series=IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology |date=2013 |volume=404 |pages=153–167 |publisher=Springer |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-38928-3_11 |isbn=978-3-642-38927-6 |s2cid=37472563 |language=en |quote=Poedit is a cross-platform editor for .po files (gettext catalogs). It allows to configure the tool with the information related to the translator (name and email) and the environment, and every time a file is translated and saved, that information is included in the file.|doi-access=free }} According to WordPress developer Thord Hedengren, Poedit is "one of the most popular programs" for editing portable language files.{{cite book |last1=Hedengren |first1=Thord Daniel |title=Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog |date=27 March 2012 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-94366-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-P_vPo8rW4C&dq=%22poedit%22&pg=PA162 |language=en|quote=There are several ways to work with the portable language files. One of the most popular programs available is Poedit, which is available across platforms.}}

It is written in C++ and depends on some subclasses from the wxWidgets, but utilizes graphical control elements from the GTK library.{{cite book|pages=434–435|title=Cross-Platform GUI Programming with WxWidgets|author=Julian Smart, Kevin Hock with, Stefan Csomor|year=2005|publisher=Pearson Education|isbn=9780321629975}}