berkeserce/deepl-translator-plasmoid

DeepL Translator Plasmoid is a small widget for the KDE Plasma desktop environment on Linux. It sits in the panel as an icon and opens a compact popup window where you can type text and get it translated through the DeepL translation API. It is an independent project, not made by or affiliated with DeepL SE. The widget supports both the free and paid DeepL API tiers. You enter your API key in the widget settings and choose which endpoint to use. Source and target languages are configurable, and you can override them per translation in the popup. Setting the source to "Auto detect" lets DeepL figure out the input language automatically. The popup shows a character count and blocks requests that exceed DeepL's 128 KB text limit before they are sent. After translating, it shows how many characters were billed. The result is copyable, and there is an option to have it copied to the clipboard automatically on every successful translation. A recent history panel lets you scroll back through previous source and result pairs. You can also paste from your clipboard and translate in one step using the paste button. Keyboard shortcuts control most actions: Enter or Ctrl+Enter to translate, Ctrl+L to focus the input field, and Ctrl+C to copy the result when no text is selected. Installation is done through the kpackagetool6 command included with KDE Plasma 6. You clone the repository and run one install command, then add the widget through the Plasma widget picker. Alternatively, a packaged .plasmoid release file can be installed the same way. The project is written in QML (the Qt interface language used by Plasma widgets) and is licensed under GPL 3.0 or later.