GitHub Chinese is a userscript that translates the GitHub interface into Simplified Chinese.
The tool addresses the need for Chinese-language users to navigate GitHub in their native language. It works by applying comprehensive translations to interface elements including menus, titles, buttons, and other UI components. The script uses intelligent regular expression matching to identify and translate text, supports human-assisted translation of project descriptions, and automatically localizes time elements. The project maintains a continuously updated translation dictionary.
The tool suits Chinese-speaking developers who prefer to work with GitHub in Simplified Chinese. It is distributed through multiple channels: as a userscript installable via Tampermonkey, Violentmonkey, or Macaque depending on the browser, and as a VS Code extension. The project offers both a development version with real-time updates and a stable version with weekly synchronization. Installation requires a userscript manager extension and, on Chrome-based browsers, enabling developer mode and granting the script manager permission to run userscripts.
The project maintains active development with regular updates to its translation dictionary and ongoing refinement of its matching logic. The maintainers provide documentation for local debugging and accept community contributions. The project includes a changelog tracking updates and maintains a list of pending work items for future development.
