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Lit Localize provides localization/internationalization support for Lit
templates. See [lit.dev](https://lit.dev/docs/localization/overview/) for full
documentation.

This is the repo for `@lit/localize-tools`, the package that provides the
`lit-localize` command-line tool for extracting messages and building localized
apps.

See also
[`@lit/localize`](https://github.com/lit/lit/tree/main/packages/localize), the
package that provides the library that runs in the browser and contains `msg`
and other utilities.

## Installation

```sh
npm i -D @lit/localize-tools
```

## Usage

```sh
lit-localize extract
lit-localize build
```

## Documentation

Full documentation is available on
[lit.dev](https://lit.dev/docs/localization/overview/).