Open source · AGPL-3.0 · Local-first
Almurrib المعرب
A local-first Arabic game localization toolkit.
Almurrib is an open-source localization system for translating games into Arabic. It handles the engineering around translation that plain text tools ignore: extraction, memory, QA, shaping, fonts, write-back, runtime overlays, and verification inside the real game.
Project snapshot
For technical reviewers: the whole project on one table. Every claim links to evidence below.
What is Almurrib?
Game localization is not only translation. A real workflow may need to:
Almurrib attempts to unify these steps into one reproducible workflow — and to prove each step instead of assuming it.
How it works
Select a stage to see what it does. This mirrors the real pipeline in the repository.
Architecture
Verified against the actual source tree (src/almurrib).
What actually works today
Each row: the capability, how it was tested, and its current limitation.
| Capability | Status | Evidence | Limitation |
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Current status
No percentages, no scores — status plus evidence.
Unity
Unity hides text in proprietary formats: TextAssets, typetree-serialized MonoBehaviours, UI components, bundles, managed assemblies, IL2CPP binaries. Each needs its own evidence — a parser accepting a version number is not support.
| Capability | Status | Evidence |
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Case study: Hollow Knight
Independent engineering test on a user-owned copy. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Team Cherry.
Timeline
Observed in-game (real screenshots)
What failed (documented, not hidden)
What does not work yet
Roadmap (no dates)
Engine support
| Engine | Status | Evidence |
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Technical deep dive
Testing & quality
A green unit suite proves component contracts. It does not prove every Unity game works — real-game evidence is listed separately above.
Safety & security
Worded factually: implemented protections, not certifications. Secrets live in local .env (git-ignored); logs redact keys.
Open source
Why Almurrib exists
Arabic is spoken by hundreds of millions of people, yet translating a game into Arabic involves more than replacing English strings. Text extraction, rendering direction, glyph coverage, font support, placeholders, UI layout, and game-specific resource formats all become part of the problem. Almurrib is an attempt to make that engineering workflow accessible, reproducible, and increasingly automated.
Links & references
No project repository URL is published inside the repo, so none is listed. Tool links below are the third-party projects Almurrib interoperates with.