Easydict ^{_{for Windows}}

A Windows port of Easydict

• Introduction
• Screenshots
• Features
• Installation
• Tech Stack
• Translation Service Integration Tests
• Comparison with macOS Version
• Support the Project
• License
• Acknowledgements

This is a Windows port of Easydict, originally a macOS translation dictionary app. Easydict for Windows brings translation, dictionary lookup, and text tools together with quick keyboard shortcuts and flexible windows.

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Main Window with Mini Window (Quick Translate)

Main Window	All Windows	Settings
Full translation interface	Main + Mini + Fixed windows with hotkey settings	Service configuration

Light & Dark Mode — Mini Window (Quick Translate)

Grammar Correction	Dictionary Mode	Long Document Translation
AI-powered grammar correction	Word definitions, phonetics, and examples	PDF/Text/Markdown translation with progress

OCR Screenshot Translate	Mouse Selection Translate
Capture screen region → OCR → translate	Select text in any app → click to translate

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• Copilot+ PC and local AI — NPU-accelerated translation on Copilot+ PCs, with Foundry Local available on other Windows PCs.

• OCR Screenshot Translate

  • Ctrl+Alt+S — Capture a screen region, recognize the text, and translate it.
  • Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S — Recognize the text and copy it to the clipboard without translating.

• Mouse Selection — Select text in any app, then click the floating button to translate it.

• Text Action — Send selected text to a translation or search service from any window.

• Bob plugin compatibility — Install .bobplugin translation plugins from the Bob ecosystem and use them as translation services.

• Labs — New feature, start in Settings -> Labs.

• Hover Word Lookup — Hold Ctrl for at least 50 ms, then hover over a word to look it up.

• Grammar Correction Mode

• AI Provider Profiles and Magpie

• Long Document Translation - Translate PDF, plain text, and Markdown documents with ML-based layout detection, formula protection, parallel processing, bilingual output, and translation cache

• Dictionary Mode — Look up word definitions, phonetics, and examples.

• MDX Dictionary — Import MDict (.mdx) dictionaries for offline lookup.

• Direction Mode

• Global Hotkeys

  • Ctrl+Alt+T - Show/hide main window
  • Ctrl+Alt+D - Translate clipboard content
  • Ctrl+Alt+M - Show/hide mini window (copies selection and translates when available)
  • Ctrl+Alt+F - Show/hide fixed window
  • Ctrl+Alt+S - OCR screenshot translate
  • Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S - Silent OCR (copy recognized text to clipboard)
  • Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M - Toggle mini window visibility
  • Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F - Toggle fixed window visibility

• Multiple Window Mode

  • Main Window - Full translation interface
  • Mini Window - Compact floating window
  • Fixed Window - Persistent translation window

• Streaming Translation — See results as they arrive.

• Dark Mode Theme

• TTS — Read the source and translated text aloud.

• Multi-language UI — Use the interface in 15 languages.

• 40+ Languages — Choose which languages appear in the source and target lists.

• HTTP Proxy Support

• High DPI Support

• Multi-pair Translation Services

Google Translate Google Dictionary	Bing	DeepL	Youdao	OpenAI	Gemini
DeepSeek	Groq	Zhipu AI	Kimi	GitHub Models	Doubao
Volcano Engine	Caiyun	NiuTrans	Linguee*	Ollama	Windows Local AI
OpenRouter	OrcaRouter	Magpie	Custom OpenAI	Claude Code	Codex

Linguee is currently unavailable.

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• Windows 10 version 2004 (build 19041) or later
• x64 or ARM64 processor

winget install xiaocang.EasydictforWindows

Download from the Releases page.

File: easydict_win32-vX.Y.Z-x64.zip

• No installation required - extract and run
• No administrator privileges needed
• Self-contained (.NET runtime included)
• First run may trigger Windows SmartScreen warning - click "More info" → "Run anyway"

# Extract and run
Expand-Archive easydict_win32-v1.0.0-x64.zip -DestinationPath Easydict
.\Easydict\Easydict.WinUI.exe

Each release includes SHA256 checksums for verification.

# Linux/macOS/WSL
sha256sum -c checksums-x64.sha256 --ignore-missing

# PowerShell
$expected = (Get-Content checksums-x64.sha256 | Select-String "easydict_win32").ToString().Split()[0]
$actual = (Get-FileHash easydict_win32-v1.0.0-x64.zip -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower()
if ($expected -eq $actual) { "OK" } else { "FAILED" }

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/xiaocang/easydict_win32.git
cd easydict_win32/dotnet

# Build
dotnet build src/Easydict.WinUI/Easydict.WinUI.csproj -c Release

# Run
dotnet run --project src/Easydict.WinUI/Easydict.WinUI.csproj

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• .NET - Runtime framework
• WinUI 3 (Windows App SDK) - Modern Windows UI framework
• C# - Programming language
• xUnit + FluentAssertions - Unit testing

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Services marked OpenAI API extend BaseOpenAIService and share the same OpenAI-compatible implementation, so untested ones are expected to work similarly.

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If Easydict for Windows is useful to you, please give the repository a star on GitHub. Your support helps more people discover the project and motivates its continued development.

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pdf2zh (PDFMathTranslate) is a popular open-source PDF translation tool focused on scientific papers. The table below compares the long document translation capabilities of the two.

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GPL-3.0 - For learning and communication purposes only. License and copyright notice must be included when using source code.

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• Easydict - Original macOS version
• Windows App SDK - WinUI 3 framework

This project was developed using Vibe Coding, with AI-assisted programming by Claude (Anthropic).