FOSS-Urdu Lokalization Hub – Urdu Localisation for Free & Open-Source Software

Mission: Bring great FOSS projects to Urdu speakers worldwide by translating interfaces, docs and community resources – one pull-request at a time.

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🌟 Why this matters

• Only ~0.1% of GitHub projects ship an Urdu UI despite 70 M+ native speakers
• Localised software improves digital inclusion, especially for first-time internet users
• Community-driven localisation has worked for GNOME, KDE, LibreOffice and more
• Making Urdu a first-class digital language empowers millions of speakers worldwide

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🛠 How it works

This initiative brings together bilingual Urdu-English speakers (both technical and non-technical) to:

1. Identify important FOSS projects that would benefit from Urdu localization
2. Collaborate on translations using simple, accessible tools and workflows
3. Contribute directly to upstream projects through pull requests
4. Build a supportive community of Urdu-speaking FOSS contributors

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🚀 Getting started

1. Join us: Star and fork this repository to show your interest
2. Suggest projects: Open an issue with the "project-suggestion" label to recommend FOSS projects for localization
3. Start translating: Check our "beginner-friendly-translation" issues to find simple translation tasks that are perfect for newcomers (these are small sets of strings that need translation from English to Urdu)

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👥 Contributing

• All contributors will be recognized in our official contributors list
• Both technical and non-technical contributions are valued and welcomed
• Follow our Code of Conduct

Translation Guidelines

• Use Urdu-Pakistan locale (ur_PK) unless a project explicitly requires ur_IN
• Prefer Perso-Arabic script, avoid Roman Urdu
• Maintain consistent terminology across projects (see our growing glossary)
• Test your translations in context whenever possible

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🗺 Roadmap

Milestone	Target date	Status
Initiative launch	2025-05-01	🔄 in progress
5 pilot FOSS projects fully localised	2025-08-30	⏳
Outreach webinar with universities	2025-09-15	⏳
Android ROM (LineageOS) Urdu pack	2026-01-15	⏳

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📄 Licence

All original content in this repo is released under the MIT License. Translations of upstream projects retain the original project's licence unless upstream specifies otherwise.

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Connect

Platform	Link
GitHub	https://github.com/haroondilshad/FOSS-Urdu-Lokalization-Hub
Discussions	https://github.com/haroondilshad/FOSS-Urdu-Lokalization-Hub/discussions
Email	hello@haroondilshad.com

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