Localization

Translating LibreNMS

LibreNMS uses Laravel Localization to handle translations.

Common strings (and some others) are stored in lang/<locale>.json.
Most strings are stored in lang/<locale>/<group>.php. The PHP files return an array which is flattened to dot notation (e.g., ['nav' => ['devices' => 'Devices']] in the file menu.php becomes menu.nav.devices).

Note: The Lost in Translation tool is provided by a development dependency. Make sure Composer dev requirements are installed before running it:

./scripts/composer_wrapper.php install --dev

Use the Lost in Translation command to list missing strings for a locale:

./artisan lost-in-translation:find <locale>

You may also invoke it via lnms if available in your environment:

./lnms lost-in-translation:find <locale>

If you need to manually update the frontend translations, you can run:

./lnms translation:generate

This process is run during update, so normal users should not need to run this.