OPEN-SOURCE MIGRATION BENCHMARK License: Apache-2.0 ★ 2.4k GitHub Stars

Replace Lokalise / Crowdin with Self-Hosted Tolgee

Open-source localization & i18n platform with in-context browser editing and automated AI translation Stop paying Start ($120/mo string key limits) ($120/mo for a 10-person team) and run Tolgee on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings

+$1,386 / yr

vs Lokalise / Crowdin standard plan

Container RAM & vCPU

512 MB RAM

1.0 vCPU • Migration: Very Easy

Recommended Cloud Box

$4.50/mo VPS

Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing Lokalise / Crowdin (Start ($120/mo string key limits)) vs Tolgee on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size	Lokalise / Crowdin Cost	Tolgee VPS	Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo)	$120.00/mo ($1,440/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,386 / year
5 Seats	$120.00/mo ($1,440/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,386 / year
10 Seats	$120.00/mo ($1,440/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,386 / year
25 Seats	$120.00/mo ($1,440/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,386 / year
50 Seats	$120.00/mo ($1,440/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,386 / year
100 Seats	$120.00/mo ($1,440/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,386 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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# Production Docker Compose: Tolgee (Replaces Lokalise / Crowdin)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  tolgee:
    image: tolgee/tolgee:latest
    container_name: stack-tolgee
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "TOLGEE_POSTGRES_AUTOCONFIG=true"
    volumes:
      - tolgee_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
    container_name: stack-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  tolgee_data:
  postgres_data:

Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):

# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for Tolgee
tolgee.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy tolgee:8080
}

Why Teams Switch to Tolgee

✓Alt+Click any text in your live React/Next app to translate
✓1-click LLM context-aware translations
✓Unlimited keys & languages on your VPS

GitHub Repository tolgee/tolgee-platform

Official Website tolgee.io

Docker Image tolgee/tolgee:latest

Database Needed PostgreSQL 16

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