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

• 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

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

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)

• 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

• 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

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.

"Software's true power is realised when everyone can read the buttons." – The Team

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