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## 🌍 Supported Languages

BrowseryTools is fully localized. The entire UI — homepage, all tools, and navigation — is available in:
BrowseryTools is fully localized in **17 languages**, two of them right-to-left. The entire UI — homepage, all tools, and navigation — is available in:

| Language | Code | Direction |
| --- | --- | --- |
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| Русский (Russian) | `ru` | LTR |
| Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) | `id` | LTR |
| 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese) | `zh-CN` | LTR |
| Türkçe (Turkish) | `tr` | LTR |
| हिन्दी (Hindi) | `hi` | LTR |
| Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese) | `vi` | LTR |
| 日本語 (Japanese) | `ja` | LTR |
| فارسی (Persian) | `fa` | RTL |
| 한국어 (Korean) | `ko` | LTR |
| Polski (Polish) | `pl` | LTR |
| Italiano (Italian) | `it` | LTR |

Language is detected from the browser on first visit and can be changed anytime via the in-app language switcher (preference is remembered).

**Adding a new language** is intentionally simple — all locale wiring derives from one registry:
Each language has its own indexable URLs — English stays at `/tools/<slug>`, every other locale sits under `/<code>/tools/<slug>` — with reciprocal `hreflang` alternates. Only the active locale's messages are sent to the browser, so adding a language does not grow anyone else's download.

**Adding a new language** is two steps — all locale wiring derives from one registry:

1. Add an entry to `LOCALES` in [`src/lib/locales.ts`](src/lib/locales.ts).
2. Add a `messages/<code>.json` file (a full translation of `messages/en.json`).
3. Register its import in the messages map in [`src/providers/language-provider.tsx`](src/providers/language-provider.tsx).

The switcher, `<html lang/dir>`, hreflang tags, and OpenGraph locales all update automatically.
The switcher, `<html lang/dir>`, hreflang tags, sitemap entries, OpenGraph locales, and message loading all derive from that registry. A test fails if a registered locale has no on-page prose, so a language cannot ship half-wired.

## 📋 Prerequisites

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