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## What's the Tolgee i18next package?
Using i18next, but want to use cool Tolgee features like in-context editing or automated screenshot generation?
No worries. Tolgee i18next integration is here for you!
## Quick links
- [Tolgee i18next docs](https://tolgee.io/js-sdk/5.0.0-alpha.1/integrations/i18next/installation)
- [Tolgee JS SDK docs](https://tolgee.io/js-sdk)
- [Tolgee Website](https://tolgee.io)
- Product (Learn more about the great features)
- [Dev tools](https://tolgee.io/features/dev-tools)
- [Translation assistance](https://tolgee.io/features/translation-assistance)
- [Collaboration](https://tolgee.io/features/collaboration)
- [Tolgee platform docs](https://tolgee.io/platform)
## Installation
```
npm install @tolgee/i18next
```
## Usage
First, create a Tolgee instance and wrap your i18next instance withTolgee.
```ts
import i18n from 'i18next';
import { withTolgee, Tolgee, I18nextPlugin, FormatSimple } from '@tolgee/i18next';
const tolgee = Tolgee()
.use(I18nextPlugin())
.use(FormatSimple())
.init({
apiUrl: ...,
apiKey: ...,
});
withTolgee(i18n, tolgee)
.use(...)
.init(...)
```
## Language changing
Tolgee will automatically switch language accordingly to i18next. So to get current language do:
```ts
const lang = i18n.lang;
```
To set language:
```ts
i18n.changeLanguage(lang);
```
To learn more, check [Tolgee documentation](https://toolkit.tolgee.io/js-sdk).
## Why to use Tolgee?
Tolgee saves a lot of time you would spend on localization tasks otherwise. It enables you to provide perfectly translated software.
### Features
- All-in-one localization solution for your JS application 🙌
- Out-of-box in-context localization 🎉
- Automated screenshot generation 📷
- Translation management platform 🎈
- Open-source 🔥
Read more on the [Tolgee website](https://tolgee.io)
## Development
We welcome your PRs.
To develop the package locally:
1. Clone [the repository](https://github.com/tolgee/tolgee-js)
1. Install the packages in the repository root
```
pnpm install
```
1. Run the development script
```
pnpm develop:react-i18n
```
This runs the development suite of this monorepo for the `react-i18n` integration. The changes in each dependency package are
automatically built and propagated to the test application, which you can open and play within the browser.
### Testing
To run Jest tests of this package, execute
```
npm run test
```
In the `/packages/i18next` directory.
## Contributors
