Laravel Translation Scanner

Laravel Translation Scanner is a zero-config Laravel package that scans your entire project — PHP, Blade, and Inertia React (JS / TS / JSX / TSX) files — and automatically appends every missing translation string to resources/lang/en.json.

Stop manually copy-pasting strings into your language files. Run one Artisan command and ship i18n-ready Laravel apps in seconds.

Works seamlessly with Laravel + Inertia.js + React, Blade, and pure PHP controllers. Supports Laravel 10, 11, 12, and 13.

Why Laravel Translation Scanner?

• Automatic discovery — finds every __(), trans(), and t() call across your codebase
• Inertia React aware — scans .js, .ts, .jsx, and .tsx files for t("..."), t(\...`), and t(variable)` usage
• Local-variable resolution — resolves const title = "Settings"; t(title) and adds Settings
• Auto translation support — generate translated JSON language files instantly
• Bulk translate support — translate multiple locales in one command
• Provider fallback system — automatically switches between translation providers
• Rate-limit protection — built-in delay handling to reduce API blocking
• Non-destructive — only appends missing keys; never overwrites your existing translations
• Sorted output — keys are alphabetically sorted in en.json for clean diffs
• Smart exclusions — skips vendor/, node_modules/, bootstrap/, storage/, tests/, and other noise
• Zero configuration — install and run

Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require nativecodein/laravel-translation-scanner

The service provider is auto-discovered. No further setup required.

Scan Translations

Run the scanner from your Laravel project root:

php artisan translations:scan

The command will:

1. Read existing resources/lang/en.json (or create it if missing).
2. Recursively scan your project for translatable strings.
3. Append any missing keys with the key as the default value.
4. Save the sorted en.json back to disk.

Auto Translate Language Files

Generate translated language JSON files automatically:

php artisan translations:translate ta

Example generated file:

resources/lang/ta.json

Bulk Translate

Translate multiple languages in one command:

php artisan translations:translate ta ar ro

Generated:

resources/lang/ta.json
resources/lang/ar.json
resources/lang/ro.json

Translation Providers

The package automatically falls back between:

Google Translate
LibreTranslate
Lingva Translate

If one provider fails, the next provider is used automatically.

Rate Limit Protection

Built-in API protection:

usleep(300000);

This helps reduce temporary API blocking from free translation services.

Supported Translation Patterns

PHP / Blade

{{ __('Dashboard') }}

{{ __('Plugins') }}

return trans('Welcome Back');

Inertia React / JS / TS / JSX / TSX

t("Login");

t("Register");

t(`Dashboard`);

Local Variable Resolution

const title = "Settings";

t(title);

Example Output

After running php artisan translations:scan, your resources/lang/en.json:

{
  "Dashboard": "Dashboard",
  "Login": "Login",
  "Plugins": "Plugins",
  "Register": "Register",
  "Settings": "Settings",
  "Welcome Back": "Welcome Back"
}

Console output:

Added: Dashboard
Added: Plugins
Added: Welcome Back
Added: Login
Added: Settings
Translation scan completed.

Supported File Types

Excluded Folders

The scanner automatically skips these directories:

bootstrap/
config/
database/
routes/
storage/
tests/
vendor/
node_modules/

Supported Laravel Versions

Updating

composer update nativecodein/laravel-translation-scanner

Then re-run:

php artisan translations:scan

php artisan translations:translate ta ar ro

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Security

If you discover any security-related issues, please email oss@nativecode.in instead of using the public issue tracker.

Support

• Issues: https://github.com/nativecodein/laravel-translation-scanner/issues
• Email: oss@nativecode.in

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see LICENSE for more information.

Copyright © NativeCode.