YAML files

The plain YAML files with string keys and values. Weblate also extract strings from lists or dictionaries.

Weblate currently supports several variants of YAML translations:

• Files with nested keys.

• Ruby YAML files

See also

• YAML

• Ruby YAML files

Example of a YAML file:

weblate:
  hello: ""
  orangutan: ""
  try: ""
  thanks: ""

Weblate configuration

Typical Weblate Component configuration
File mask	translations/messages.*.yml
Monolingual base language file	translations/messages.en.yml
Template for new translations	Empty
File format	YAML file

File format parameters

File format parameters with the pattern yaml_* can be used to configure the behavior of the YAML format.