# babel

> Internationalization utilities

- **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/babel
- **Author**: Armin Ronacher
- **Category**: Developer Tools
- **Latest version**: `2.18.0` (2026-04-21)
- **License**: BSD-3-Clause
- **Source**: https://github.com/python-babel/babel
- **Homepage**: https://babel.pocoo.org/
- **Language**: Python
- **GitHub**: 1,439 stars, 468 forks
- **Registry**: pypi (`babel`)
- **Tags**: `pypi`

## Description

A collection of tools for internationalizing Python applications.

## Recent releases

| Version | Date | Urgency | Changes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `2.18.0` | 2026-04-21 | Low | Imported from PyPI (2.18.0) |
| `v2.18.0` | 2026-02-01 | Low | Happy 2026! Like last year's release (ahem...), this one too is being made from FOSDEM 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. 🇧🇪  We'll aspire for a less glacial release cycle for 2.19. 😁    Please see [CHANGELOG.rst](https://github.com/python-babel/babel/blob/56c63caf50b18b152541b5dcafd51f645d867074/CHANGES.rst) for the detailed change log.  **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/python-babel/babel/compare/v2.17.0...v2.18.0 |
| `v2.18.0` | 2026-02-01 | Low | Happy 2026! Like last year's release (ahem...), this one too is being made from FOSDEM 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. 🇧🇪  We'll aspire for a less glacial release cycle for 2.19. 😁    Please see [CHANGELOG.rst](https://github.com/python-babel/babel/blob/56c63caf50b18b152541b5dcafd51f645d867074/CHANGES.rst) for the detailed change log.  **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/python-babel/babel/compare/v2.17.0...v2.18.0 |
| `v2.18.0` | 2026-02-01 | Low | Happy 2026! Like last year's release (ahem...), this one too is being made from FOSDEM 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. 🇧🇪  We'll aspire for a less glacial release cycle for 2.19. 😁    Please see [CHANGELOG.rst](https://github.com/python-babel/babel/blob/56c63caf50b18b152541b5dcafd51f645d867074/CHANGES.rst) for the detailed change log.  **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/python-babel/babel/compare/v2.17.0...v2.18.0 |
| `v2.18.0` | 2026-02-01 | Low | Happy 2026! Like last year's release (ahem...), this one too is being made from FOSDEM 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. 🇧🇪  We'll aspire for a less glacial release cycle for 2.19. 😁    Please see [CHANGELOG.rst](https://github.com/python-babel/babel/blob/56c63caf50b18b152541b5dcafd51f645d867074/CHANGES.rst) for the detailed change log.  **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/python-babel/babel/compare/v2.17.0...v2.18.0 |
| `v2.18.0` | 2026-02-01 | Low | Happy 2026! Like last year's release (ahem...), this one too is being made from FOSDEM 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. 🇧🇪  We'll aspire for a less glacial release cycle for 2.19. 😁    Please see [CHANGELOG.rst](https://github.com/python-babel/babel/blob/56c63caf50b18b152541b5dcafd51f645d867074/CHANGES.rst) for the detailed change log.  **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/python-babel/babel/compare/v2.17.0...v2.18.0 |
| `v2.18.0` | 2026-02-01 | Low | Happy 2026! Like last year's release (ahem...), this one too is being made from FOSDEM 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. 🇧🇪  We'll aspire for a less glacial release cycle for 2.19. 😁    Please see [CHANGELOG.rst](https://github.com/python-babel/babel/blob/56c63caf50b18b152541b5dcafd51f645d867074/CHANGES.rst) for the detailed change log.  **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/python-babel/babel/compare/v2.17.0...v2.18.0 |
| `v2.18.0` | 2026-02-01 | Low | Happy 2026! Like last year's release (ahem...), this one too is being made from FOSDEM 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. 🇧🇪  We'll aspire for a less glacial release cycle for 2.19. 😁    Please see [CHANGELOG.rst](https://github.com/python-babel/babel/blob/56c63caf50b18b152541b5dcafd51f645d867074/CHANGES.rst) for the detailed change log.  **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/python-babel/babel/compare/v2.17.0...v2.18.0 |
| `v2.18.0` | 2026-02-01 | Low | Happy 2026! Like last year's release (ahem...), this one too is being made from FOSDEM 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. 🇧🇪  We'll aspire for a less glacial release cycle for 2.19. 😁    Please see [CHANGELOG.rst](https://github.com/python-babel/babel/blob/56c63caf50b18b152541b5dcafd51f645d867074/CHANGES.rst) for the detailed change log.  **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/python-babel/babel/compare/v2.17.0...v2.18.0 |
| `v2.18.0` | 2026-02-01 | Low | Happy 2026! Like last year's release (ahem...), this one too is being made from FOSDEM 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. 🇧🇪  We'll aspire for a less glacial release cycle for 2.19. 😁    Please see [CHANGELOG.rst](https://github.com/python-babel/babel/blob/56c63caf50b18b152541b5dcafd51f645d867074/CHANGES.rst) for the detailed change log.  **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/python-babel/babel/compare/v2.17.0...v2.18.0 |

## Dependency audit

- **Score**: 100/100
- **Total deps**: 0
- **Resolved**: 0
- **Unresolved**: 0
- **License conflicts**: 0
- **Warnings**: 0
- **Scanned**: 2026-05-25

## Citation

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- Dependencies JSON: https://www.freshcrate.ai/api/projects/babel/deps

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