xiaoyifang/goldendict-ng

The Next Generation GoldenDict

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5,946 commits

updated Oct 10, 2026

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README

GoldenDict-ng

Crowdin Maintainability Rating Build

GoldenDict-ng is an advanced dictionary lookup program, supporting many formats.

LinuxWindowsmacOS

Download & Install

Documentation

Bug reporting in issue tracker

General discussions

Some features compared to the original GoldenDict

  • webengine with latest html/css feature support
  • support >4GB dictionary
  • support highdpi screen resolution
  • built with xapian as fulltext engine
  • support latest Qt6
  • performance optimization(eg. >10000000 headwords support)
  • Anki integration
  • dark theme
  • daily auto release support
  • lots of bug fixes and improvements
  • general code improvements for easier development

Help GoldenDict's Development

GoldenDict is developed by volunteers.

All kinds of help like answering questions, bug reporting, testing, translation and coding are welcomed.

To translate the interface, you can use the Crowdin https://crowdin.com/project/goldendict-ng

To start development, check out developer guide

License

This project is licensed under the GNU GPLv3+ license, a copy of which can be found in the LICENSE.txt file.

History

The original project was developed at http://goldendict.org/ and https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict.

dictionary
dictionary-software
goldendict
qt6
webengine

xiaoyifang/goldendict-ng

The Next Generation GoldenDict

C++

3,087

5,946 commits

updated Oct 10, 2026

See the code

README

GoldenDict-ng

Crowdin Maintainability Rating Build

GoldenDict-ng is an advanced dictionary lookup program, supporting many formats.

LinuxWindowsmacOS

Download & Install

Documentation

Bug reporting in issue tracker

General discussions

Some features compared to the original GoldenDict

  • webengine with latest html/css feature support
  • support >4GB dictionary
  • support highdpi screen resolution
  • built with xapian as fulltext engine
  • support latest Qt6
  • performance optimization(eg. >10000000 headwords support)
  • Anki integration
  • dark theme
  • daily auto release support
  • lots of bug fixes and improvements
  • general code improvements for easier development

Help GoldenDict's Development

GoldenDict is developed by volunteers.

All kinds of help like answering questions, bug reporting, testing, translation and coding are welcomed.

To translate the interface, you can use the Crowdin https://crowdin.com/project/goldendict-ng

To start development, check out developer guide

License

This project is licensed under the GNU GPLv3+ license, a copy of which can be found in the LICENSE.txt file.

History

The original project was developed at http://goldendict.org/ and https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict.

dictionary
dictionary-software
goldendict
qt6
webengine

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