Translation
Apertium privacy rating
Free and open-source rule-based machine translation platform, focused on related and lesser-resourced languages. Usable on apertium.org or installed locally for offline translation.
Summary
Apertium scores 77 out of 100 (grade B) on the translation criteria. It meets 4 of 6 criteria: open source, no ads or data sales, works offline and text not kept. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit.
Score 77 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
Licensed under GPL-2.0.
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Partial
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
No third-party trackers. The apertium.org web interface records page views with a self-hosted Matomo instance.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Volunteer-run open-source project with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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Yes
Works offline Weight 3 of 3
Can text be translated on the device, without sending it to a server?
Can be installed on desktop, Android or your own server to translate offline.
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Yes
Text not kept Weight 2 of 3
Is translated text deleted after translation and kept out of model training?
Rule-based translation with no model training on user text. Local installs keep text on the device.