--- id: babel version: "2.18.0" license: BSD-3-Clause license_treatment: permissive maintenance: active --- # babel — Internationalization utilities License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI ## Install pip install babel uv add babel poetry add babel ## Description About Babel =========== Babel is a Python library that provides an integrated collection of utilities that assist with internationalizing and localizing Python applications (in particular web-based applications.) Details can be found in the HTML files in the ``docs`` folder. For more information please visit the Babel web site: https://babel.pocoo.org/ Join the chat at https://gitter.im/python-babel/babel Contributing to Babel ===================== If you want to contribute code to Babel, please take a look at our `CONTRIBUTING.md `__. If you know your way around Babels codebase a bit and like to help further, we would appreciate any help in reviewing pull requests. Please contact us at https://gitter.im/python-babel/babel if you're interested! ## AI interpretation — verify before relying Babel provides internationalization and localization utilities for Python applications, handling date/time formatting, number formatting, and message translation across different locales and languages. Verdict: Babel is a mature, actively maintained library in the top 1000 PyPI packages with no known vulnerabilities, permissive licensing, and minimal install friction. It is production-ready for adding internationalization to Python applications. [View on SkillFed](https://skillfed.io/packages/babel) · [View on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/babel/)