---
title: "Localize Your Apps With Ease Using Greenwich"
url: https://deallocatedobjects.com/posts/localize-your-apps-with-ease-using-greenwich
author: Jake Marsh
published: 2012-04-06
updated: 2013-11-16
link: http://fadingred.github.com/greenwich/
topics: ["Xcode & Tools", "Open Source"]
description: "Oh man, I have waited a long time for a tool like this to come around. I’ve even attempted to build one myself a couple times. The process of localizing Cocoa applications has always been a bit of a chore."
---

# Localize Your Apps With Ease Using Greenwich

By Jake Marsh, April 6, 2012. HTML: https://deallocatedobjects.com/posts/localize-your-apps-with-ease-using-greenwich

This is a link post about http://fadingred.github.com/greenwich/

Oh man, I have waited a long time for a tool like this to come around. I've even attempted to build one myself a couple times.

> The process of localizing Cocoa applications has always been a bit of a chore. Various tools are available to facilitate localization of applications, but they all require a fair amount of work. Even when there is demand for localization, many applications are only available in one language. Greenwich is here to change that.

[Greenwich](https://fadingred.github.io/greenwich/) is a new, [open-source](https://github.com/fadingred/Greenwich) framework that greatly speeds up the process of localizing and translating an iOS or Mac app. At anytime a developer or translator (yep, Greenwich has been built with translators in mind) can make a change to a word or two, relaunch your app and see the changes reflected immediately.

![Translator](https://deallocatedobjects.com/media/7e41d0d1ff9f.png)

Setup and usage for [iOS](https://fadingred.github.io/greenwich/setup/#ios) and
[Mac](https://fadingred.github.io/greenwich/setup/#mac) are very well documented on Greenwich's awesome [setup page](https://fadingred.github.io/greenwich/setup/).

Do yourself a favor and check this out now, if you've ever localized a Mac or iOS app you know what a pain the process can be. Looks like we finally have a great solution.