# Globalize

Ruby gem that adds translated attribute values to ActiveRecord models in Rails.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/globalize-rails/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-08
Listed since: 2026-11-08

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/globalize/globalize

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Sven Fuchs, Joshua Harvey, Clemens Kofler, John-Paul Bader, Tomasz Stachewicz, Philip Arndt, Chris Salzberg
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2010
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: library
- hosting: ruby
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: ruby 3.0
- basedOn: rails

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: bundler

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 7
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-05-25

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2156
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 138
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2129
- dependentPackages: 93

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/globalize/globalize (read 2026-11-08)
- maintainer: https://github.com/globalize/globalize/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/globalize/globalize/tags?per_page=100 (read 2026-11-08)
- category: https://github.com/globalize/globalize/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/globalize/globalize (read 2026-11-08)
- runtime: https://github.com/globalize/globalize/blob/v7.1.3/globalize.gemspec (read 2026-11-08)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/globalize/globalize/blob/v7.1.3/globalize.gemspec (read 2026-11-08)
- basedOn: https://github.com/globalize/globalize/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- license: https://github.com/globalize/globalize/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://github.com/globalize/globalize/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/globalize/globalize/releases/latest (read 2026-11-08)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/globalize/globalize/releases/latest (read 2026-11-08)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/globalize/globalize (read 2026-11-08)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/globalize/globalize/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/globalize (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/globalize (read 2026-11-08)

## Notes

Globalize is a Ruby gem that adds translated attribute values to ActiveRecord models, so user-generated content such as a blog post can carry several translations. It builds on the I18n API in Ruby on Rails.

## Worth knowing

The README says the gem is relatively feature complete and not very actively maintained, as none of its current maintainers actively use it, but that it should still work. It names Mobility as a natural successor to Globalize.

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