@intlayer/docs 9.4.1 → 9.4.3

package/docs/en-GB/intlayer_with_vite+svelte.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 createdAt: 2025-04-18
-updatedAt: 2026-06-23
+updatedAt: 2026-08-30
 title: "Vite + Svelte i18n - Complete guide to translate your app"
 description: "No more i18next. The 2026 guide to building a multilingual (i18n) Vite + Svelte app. Translate with AI agents and optimise bundle size, SEO and performances."
 keywords:
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ author: aymericzip
 Compared to main solutions like `svelte-i18n` or `i18next`, Intlayer is a solution that comes with integrated optimizations such as:
 
 <AccordionGroup>
-
 <Accordion header="Full Svelte coverage">
 
 Intlayer is optimized to work perfectly with Svelte by offering **component-level content scoping**, **reactive translations**, and all the features needed for scaling internationalization (i18n).
@@ -116,14 +115,6 @@ More than just an i18n solution, Intlayer provides an **self-hosted [visual edit
 
 ## Step-by-Step Guide to Set Up Intlayer in a Vite and Svelte Application
 
-<iframe
-  src="https://ide.intlayer.org/aymericzip/intlayer-vite-react-template?file=intlayer.config.ts"
-  className="m-auto overflow-hidden rounded-lg border-0 max-md:size-full max-md:h-[700px] md:aspect-16/9 md:w-full"
-  title="Demo CodeSandbox - How to Internationalise your application using Intlayer"
-  sandbox="allow-forms allow-modals allow-popups allow-presentation allow-same-origin allow-scripts"
-  loading="lazy"
-/>
-
 See [Application Template](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer-vite-svelte-template) on GitHub.
 
 <Steps>
@@ -137,15 +128,15 @@ npx intlayer init --interactive
 ```
 
 ```bash packageManager="pnpm"
-pnpm dlx intlayer@canary init --interactive
+pnpm dlx intlayer init --interactive
 ```
 
 ```bash packageManager="yarn"
-yarn dlx intlayer@canary init --interactive
+yarn dlx intlayer init --interactive
 ```
 
 ```bash packageManager="bun"
-bunx intlayer@canary init --interactive
+bunx intlayer init --interactive
 ```
 
 > the `--interactive` flag is optional. Use `intlayer-cli init` if you're an AI agent.
@@ -350,7 +341,6 @@ Intlayer supports rendering Markdown content directly in your Svelte application
 ```
 
 > You can also access your markdown front-matter data using the `content.markdownContent.metadata.xxx` property.
-> </Step>
 
 </Step>
 
@@ -401,7 +391,7 @@ const routes = Object.fromEntries(
     [
         urlPrefix || '/',
         wrap({
-            component: App as any,
+            component: App,
             props: {
                 locale,
             },
@@ -582,9 +572,6 @@ const config: IntlayerConfig = {
 export default config;
 ```
 
-<Tabs>
- <Tab value='Extract command'>
-
 Run the extractor to transform your components and extract the content
 
 ```bash packageManager="npm"
@@ -603,9 +590,6 @@ yarn intlayer extract
 bun x intlayer extract
 ```
 
-</Tab>
- <Tab value='Babel compiler'>
-
 > Since v9, the `intlayerCompiler` is included in the `intlayer` plugin. So you don't need to add it manually.
 
 Update your `vite.config.ts` to include the `intlayerCompiler` plugin:
@@ -638,8 +622,6 @@ yarn build # Or yarn dev
 bun run build # Or bun run dev
 ```
 
-</Tab>
-</Tabs>
 </Step>
 
 </Steps>
@@ -749,3 +731,115 @@ For more details on how to use the extension, refer to the [Intlayer VS Code Ext
 ### Go Further
 
 To go further, you can implement the [visual editor](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/intlayer_visual_editor.md) or externalise your content using the [CMS](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/intlayer_CMS.md).
+
+## Frequently Asked Questions
+
+<FAQ>
+
+<Question title="What are the different solutions available to internationalize a Vite and Svelte app?">
+
+Vite has no opinion on i18n, so the choice comes from the Svelte ecosystem:
+
+- **`svelte-i18n`** and **`typesafe-i18n`**: store based message catalogues registered globally.
+- **`Paraglide`**: compiled messages, focused on the message layer only.
+- **`Intlayer`**: the most advanced solution. Content declared anywhere in your codebase ([next to each component or centralized](https://intlayer.org/blog/per-component-vs-centralized-i18n)) and compiled by the Vite plugin at build time, fully typed, with AI translation, a visual editor and a CMS.
+
+The Vite specific gain is that translations are resolved and tree shaken at compile time instead of being fetched as JSON at runtime, so a page ships only the entries it renders. See [why Intlayer](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/interest_of_intlayer.md) and the [benchmark](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/benchmark/index.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How much does i18n add to my Svelte bundle size?">
+
+Much less than a namespace based setup, because a page never downloads a catalogue it does not render. The build time compiler replaces `useIntlayer` calls with the exact dictionary entries a component uses, so unused keys and unused languages are dropped, and [dynamic dictionaries](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dynamic_dictionaries/index.md) split the rest per locale. Measured against the usual alternatives, Intlayer reduces bundle and page size by up to 50%. See [bundle optimization](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/bundle_optimization.md) and the [benchmark](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/benchmark/svelte.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Can I migrate from `svelte-i18n` or `typesafe-i18n` without rewriting my components?">
+
+Largely. Follow the [Svelte I18n migration guide](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/compat/svelte-i18n.md) to move the content over. You can also migrate gradually: the [sync JSON plugin](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/plugins/sync-json.md) keeps your existing JSON catalogues as the source of truth and generates Intlayer dictionaries from them, so both layers stay in sync while you move components across one at a time.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Can I keep my existing JSON translation files?">
+
+Yes. The [sync JSON plugin](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/plugins/sync-json.md) keeps your `/messages/{locale}/{namespace}.json` files as the source of truth and generates Intlayer dictionaries from them, in both directions. A [sync PO plugin](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/plugins/sync-po.md) does the same for gettext catalogues, and [per locale files](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/per_locale_file.md) let you split content by language instead of grouping locales in one file.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Do I have to move my content key by key?">
+
+No. Run `npx intlayer extract` and Intlayer reads your components, pulls the user facing strings out and writes a `.content` file next to each one, so you review a diff instead of copying strings into a catalogue one at a time. Step 10 of this guide walks through it.
+
+For a fully automated pipeline, the [Intlayer Compiler](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/compiler.md) does the same at build time: it scans your JSX, TSX, Vue and Svelte source on every change, generates the dictionaries and keeps them in sync through hot module replacement, so there are no keys to maintain by hand at all.
+
+Two limits are worth knowing before you turn the compiler on. It works by static analysis, so strings that only exist at runtime, such as API error codes or CMS fields, stay out of reach. And it has to tell user facing text apart from application logic like `className="active"` or a status code, which needs a few annotations in a large codebase. The [extract command](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/cli/extract.md) avoids both by keeping you in the loop.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="What editor and AI agent tooling is available?">
+
+Five pieces, all optional:
+
+- **[VS Code extension](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/vs_code_extension.md)**: jump from a `useIntlayer` key to the content file that declares it, extract content from a component, and run build, fill, test, push and pull from the command palette or a dedicated Intlayer tab.
+- **[LSP server](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/lsp.md)**: the same awareness in any editor that speaks LSP, with go to definition, find all references, hover previews of a translated value, autocompletion of keys and fields, and a warning when a key is not declared anywhere. It also resolves `i18next`, `react-i18next`, `next-intl` and `use-intl` calls, which helps while you migrate.
+- **[MCP server](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/mcp_server.md)**: exposes the Intlayer documentation and CLI to Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop, Claude Code and ChatGPT, so an assistant answers from current docs instead of guessing, and can run commands such as `intlayer fill` itself.
+- **[Agent skills](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/agent_skills.md)**: focused skills such as `intlayer-config`, `intlayer-cli` and `intlayer-content`, plus one per framework, that teach an agent your routing setup and the content node types.
+- **[ESLint plugin](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/eslint.md)**: `no-raw-text` flags hardcoded strings, with further rules for static dictionary keys and unused content.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How do I use translated content in a Svelte component?">
+
+Call `useIntlayer` in your component and read the returned content. The value is reactive, so changing the locale re-renders the components that use it without a page reload. Step 5 shows the component, and step 7 covers rendering Markdown and HTML content.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Does Intlayer work with the Vite dev server and hot reload?">
+
+Yes. The `intlayer()` Vite plugin watches your `.content.ts` files and rebuilds the affected dictionaries on save, so edits appear without restarting the dev server, and the generated types are regenerated at the same time so autocompletion stays in sync.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How do I set up localized routing?">
+
+Steps 7 and 8 cover the localized routes and rewriting the URL when the locale changes, and step 9 covers internationalized links. `routing.mode` decides the URL scheme: `"prefix-no-default"` (the default, `/about` and `/fr/about`), `"prefix-all"`, `"no-prefix"` (resolved from a cookie, a header or a domain) or `"search-params"` (`/about?locale=fr`). See the [configuration reference](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/configuration.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How do I support right to left languages such as Arabic or Hebrew?">
+
+Step 9 covers it. `getHTMLTextDir` returns `ltr`, `rtl` or `auto` for a locale, so you bind `lang` and `dir` on the root element from the active locale and let your CSS logical properties handle the rest.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How do I handle SEO metadata in a client rendered Vite app?">
+
+Set `lang` and `dir` on the `html` element from the active locale, and emit `hreflang` alternates for every declared locale with `getMultilingualUrls`, including `x-default`. For pages that must be crawled reliably, prefer a pre-rendered or server rendered setup.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How do I translate the app automatically with AI?">
+
+Run `npx intlayer fill`. It fills missing translations with the LLM of your choice, using your own provider and API key, and `--git-diff` limits the run to the content changed on the branch. See the [fill command](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/cli/fill.md) and [CI/CD integration](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/CI_CD.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Does Intlayer support plurals, gender and rich text?">
+
+Yes: [plural forms](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dictionary/plurial.md), [gender based content](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dictionary/gender.md), conditions, [insertions](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dictionary/insertion.md), [Markdown](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dictionary/markdown.md) and [formatters](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/formatters.md) for numbers, dates and currencies.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How can translators edit the content without touching the code?">
+
+Through the [visual editor](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/intlayer_visual_editor.md), which runs on your own infrastructure and lets anyone edit text in place on the running app, or the [CMS](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/intlayer_CMS.md), which externalizes content so it can change without a deployment.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Is Intlayer free and open source?">
+
+Yes, under the Apache 2.0 licence, commercial use included. The hosted CMS is an optional paid service that can also be [self hosted](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/self_hosting.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+</FAQ>

package/docs/en-GB/intlayer_with_vite+vanilla.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 createdAt: 2026-03-23
-updatedAt: 2026-06-23
+updatedAt: 2026-08-30
 title: "Vite + Vanilla JS i18n - Complete guide to translate your app"
 description: "No more i18next. The 2026 guide to building a multilingual (i18n) Vite + Vanilla JS app. Translate with AI agents and optimise bundle size, SEO and performances."
 keywords:
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ author: aymericzip
 Compared to main solutions like `i18next` or `i18n.js`, Intlayer is a solution that comes with integrated optimizations such as:
 
 <AccordionGroup>
-
 <Accordion header="Full Vite coverage">
 
 Intlayer is optimized to work perfectly with Vite by offering **framework-agnostic content management**, **TypeScript support**, and all the features needed for scaling internationalization (i18n).
@@ -123,15 +122,15 @@ npx intlayer init --interactive
 ```
 
 ```bash packageManager="pnpm"
-pnpm dlx intlayer@canary init --interactive
+pnpm dlx intlayer init --interactive
 ```
 
 ```bash packageManager="yarn"
-yarn dlx intlayer@canary init --interactive
+yarn dlx intlayer init --interactive
 ```
 
 ```bash packageManager="bun"
-bunx intlayer@canary init --interactive
+bunx intlayer init --interactive
 ```
 
 > the `--interactive` flag is optional. Use `intlayer-cli init` if you're an AI agent.
@@ -773,3 +772,121 @@ For more details on how to use the extension, refer to the [Intlayer VS Code Ext
 ### Go Further
 
 To go further, you can implement the [visual editor](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/intlayer_visual_editor.md) or externalise your content using the [CMS](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/intlayer_CMS.md).
+
+## Frequently Asked Questions
+
+<FAQ>
+
+<Question title="What are the different solutions available to internationalize a Vite and Vanilla JS app?">
+
+Vite has no opinion on i18n, so the choice comes from the Vanilla JS ecosystem:
+
+- **A hand written dictionary object** imported into your entry point: no dependency, but no typing, no plural rules, and nothing to tell you a translation is missing.
+- **`i18next`**: mature and framework agnostic, but it adds a runtime and loads catalogues as JSON.
+- **`Intlayer`**: the most advanced solution. Content declared anywhere in your codebase ([next to each component or centralized](https://intlayer.org/blog/per-component-vs-centralized-i18n)) and compiled by the Vite plugin at build time, fully typed, with AI translation, a visual editor and a CMS.
+
+The Vite specific gain is that translations are resolved and tree shaken at compile time instead of being fetched as JSON at runtime, so a page ships only the entries it renders. See [why Intlayer](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/interest_of_intlayer.md) and the [benchmark](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/benchmark/index.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How much does i18n add to my Vite bundle size?">
+
+Much less than a namespace based setup, because a page never downloads a catalogue it does not render. The build time compiler replaces `useIntlayer` calls with the exact dictionary entries a component uses, so unused keys and unused languages are dropped, and [dynamic dictionaries](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dynamic_dictionaries/index.md) split the rest per locale. Measured against the usual alternatives, Intlayer reduces bundle and page size by up to 50%. See [bundle optimization](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/bundle_optimization.md) and the [benchmark](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/benchmark/index.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Can I migrate from `i18next` without rewriting my modules?">
+
+Largely. Follow the [i18next migration guide](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/migration_from_i18next_to_intlayer.md) to move the content over. You can also migrate gradually: the [sync JSON plugin](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/plugins/sync-json.md) keeps your existing JSON catalogues as the source of truth and generates Intlayer dictionaries from them, so both layers stay in sync while you move modules across one at a time.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Can I keep my existing JSON translation files?">
+
+Yes. The [sync JSON plugin](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/plugins/sync-json.md) keeps your `/messages/{locale}/{namespace}.json` files as the source of truth and generates Intlayer dictionaries from them, in both directions. A [sync PO plugin](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/plugins/sync-po.md) does the same for gettext catalogues, and [per locale files](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/per_locale_file.md) let you split content by language instead of grouping locales in one file.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Do I have to move my content key by key?">
+
+No. Run `npx intlayer extract` and Intlayer reads your components, pulls the user facing strings out and writes a `.content` file next to each one, so you review a diff instead of copying strings into a catalogue one at a time. Step 13 of this guide walks through it.
+
+For a fully automated pipeline, the [Intlayer Compiler](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/compiler.md) does the same at build time: it scans your JSX, TSX, Vue and Svelte source on every change, generates the dictionaries and keeps them in sync through hot module replacement, so there are no keys to maintain by hand at all.
+
+Two limits are worth knowing before you turn the compiler on. It works by static analysis, so strings that only exist at runtime, such as API error codes or CMS fields, stay out of reach. And it has to tell user facing text apart from application logic like `className="active"` or a status code, which needs a few annotations in a large codebase. The [extract command](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/cli/extract.md) avoids both by keeping you in the loop.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="What editor and AI agent tooling is available?">
+
+Five pieces, all optional:
+
+- **[VS Code extension](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/vs_code_extension.md)**: jump from a `useIntlayer` key to the content file that declares it, extract content from a component, and run build, fill, test, push and pull from the command palette or a dedicated Intlayer tab.
+- **[LSP server](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/lsp.md)**: the same awareness in any editor that speaks LSP, with go to definition, find all references, hover previews of a translated value, autocompletion of keys and fields, and a warning when a key is not declared anywhere. It also resolves `i18next`, `react-i18next`, `next-intl` and `use-intl` calls, which helps while you migrate.
+- **[MCP server](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/mcp_server.md)**: exposes the Intlayer documentation and CLI to Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop, Claude Code and ChatGPT, so an assistant answers from current docs instead of guessing, and can run commands such as `intlayer fill` itself.
+- **[Agent skills](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/agent_skills.md)**: focused skills such as `intlayer-config`, `intlayer-cli` and `intlayer-content`, plus one per framework, that teach an agent your routing setup and the content node types.
+- **[ESLint plugin](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/eslint.md)**: `no-raw-text` flags hardcoded strings, with further rules for static dictionary keys and unused content.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How do I use translated content in a Vanilla JS component?">
+
+Bootstrap Intlayer in your entry point as step 4 shows, then read the content with `useIntlayer` and write it into the DOM. There is no framework and no virtual DOM involved, so you decide when to update the nodes. Step 8 covers rendering Markdown and HTML content.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Does Intlayer work with the Vite dev server and hot reload?">
+
+Yes. The `intlayer()` Vite plugin watches your `.content.ts` files and rebuilds the affected dictionaries on save, so edits appear without restarting the dev server, and the generated types are regenerated at the same time so autocompletion stays in sync.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How do I set up localized routing?">
+
+Steps 9 and 10 cover the localized routes and rewriting the URL when the locale changes. `routing.mode` decides the URL scheme: `"prefix-no-default"` (the default, `/about` and `/fr/about`), `"prefix-all"`, `"no-prefix"` (resolved from a cookie, a header or a domain) or `"search-params"` (`/about?locale=fr`). See the [configuration reference](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/configuration.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How do I support right to left languages such as Arabic or Hebrew?">
+
+Step 11 covers it. `getHTMLTextDir` returns `ltr`, `rtl` or `auto` for a locale, so you bind `lang` and `dir` on the root element from the active locale and let your CSS logical properties handle the rest.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How do I handle SEO metadata in a client rendered Vite app?">
+
+Set `lang` and `dir` on the `html` element from the active locale, and emit `hreflang` alternates for every declared locale with `getMultilingualUrls`, including `x-default`. For pages that must be crawled reliably, prefer a pre-rendered or server rendered setup.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How do I translate the app automatically with AI?">
+
+Run `npx intlayer fill`. It fills missing translations with the LLM of your choice, using your own provider and API key, and `--git-diff` limits the run to the content changed on the branch. See the [fill command](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/cli/fill.md) and [CI/CD integration](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/CI_CD.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Does Intlayer support plurals, gender and rich text?">
+
+Yes: [plural forms](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dictionary/plurial.md), [gender based content](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dictionary/gender.md), conditions, [insertions](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dictionary/insertion.md), [Markdown](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dictionary/markdown.md) and [formatters](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/formatters.md) for numbers, dates and currencies.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Can I load only the language the visitor needs?">
+
+Yes. Step 12 covers lazy loading dictionaries per locale, so the initial payload carries one language and the others are fetched only if the visitor switches. See [dynamic dictionaries](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dynamic_dictionaries/index.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How can translators edit the content without touching the code?">
+
+Through the [visual editor](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/intlayer_visual_editor.md), which runs on your own infrastructure and lets anyone edit text in place on the running app, or the [CMS](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/intlayer_CMS.md), which externalizes content so it can change without a deployment.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Is Intlayer free and open source?">
+
+Yes, under the Apache 2.0 licence, commercial use included. The hosted CMS is an optional paid service that can also be [self hosted](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/self_hosting.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+</FAQ>

package/docs/en-GB/intlayer_with_vite+vue.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 createdAt: 2025-04-18
-updatedAt: 2026-06-23
+updatedAt: 2026-08-30
 title: "Vite + Vue i18n - Complete guide to translate your app"
 description: "No more i18next. The 2026 guide to building a multilingual (i18n) Vite + Vue app. Translate with AI agents and optimise bundle size, SEO and performances."
 keywords:
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ author: aymericzip
 Compared to main solutions like `vue-i18n` or `i18next`, Intlayer is a solution that comes with integrated optimizations such as:
 
 <AccordionGroup>
-
 <Accordion header="Full Vue coverage">
 
 Intlayer is optimized to work perfectly with Vue by offering **component-level content scoping**, **reactive translations**, and all the features needed for scaling internationalization (i18n).
@@ -132,15 +131,15 @@ npx intlayer init --interactive
 ```
 
 ```bash packageManager="pnpm"
-pnpm dlx intlayer@canary init --interactive
+pnpm dlx intlayer init --interactive
 ```
 
 ```bash packageManager="yarn"
-yarn dlx intlayer@canary init --interactive
+yarn dlx intlayer init --interactive
 ```
 
 ```bash packageManager="bun"
-bunx intlayer@canary init --interactive
+bunx intlayer init --interactive
 ```
 
 > the `--interactive` flag is optional. Use `intlayer-cli init` if you're an AI agent.
@@ -426,6 +425,8 @@ const countRef = ref(0);
 
 > If your app already exists, you can use the [Intlayer Compiler](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/compiler.md), as well as the [extract command](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/cli/extract.md), to transform thousands of components in a second.
 
+</Step>
+</Steps>
 #### Accessing Content in Intlayer
 
 Intlayer offers different APIs to access your content:
@@ -444,8 +445,6 @@ Intlayer offers different APIs to access your content:
   - Use `const content = useIntlayer("myContent");` and `{{ content.myContent }}` / `<content.myContent />`.
   - Or use `const { myContent } = useIntlayer("myContent");` and `{{ myContent }}` / `<myContent />` to destructure the content.
 
-</Step>
-
 <Step number={6} title="Change the language of your content" isOptional={true}>
 
 To change the language of your content, you can use the `setLocale` function provided by the `useLocale` composable. This function allows you to set the locale of the application and update the content accordingly.
@@ -631,6 +630,7 @@ import LocaleSwitcher from "@components/LocaleSwitcher.vue";
 
 In parallel, you can also use the `intlayerProxy` to add server-side routing to your application. This plugin will automatically detect the current locale based on the URL and set the appropriate locale cookie. If no locale is specified, the plugin will determine the most appropriate locale based on the user's browser language preferences. If no locale is detected, it will redirect to the default locale.
 
+</Step>
 <Step number={8} title="Change the URL when the locale changes" isOptional={true}>
 
 To automatically update the URL when the user changes the language, you can modify the `LocaleSwitcher` component to use Vue Router:
@@ -946,7 +946,6 @@ yarn intlayer extract
 
 ```
 
-</Step>
 
 <Step number={10} title="Creating a Localised Link Component" isOptional={true}>
 
@@ -959,7 +958,6 @@ yarn intlayer extract
 
 ```
 
- </Tab>
  <Tab value='Babel compiler'>
 
 > Since v9, the `intlayerCompiler` is included in the `intlayer` plugin. So you don't need to add it manually.
@@ -995,10 +993,9 @@ yarn build # Or yarn dev
 bun run build # Or bun run dev
 ```
 
+ </Tab>
 </Step>
 
-</Steps>
-
 ### (Optional) Sitemap and robots.txt (build-time)
 
 Intlayer includes formatters such as `generateSitemap` and `getMultilingualUrls` that produce crawler-ready multilingual `sitemap.xml` and `robots.txt` output you can write into your project’s `public/` folder. In practice you run a small Node script **before** Vite (for example `predev` / `prebuild` npm hooks) so those files exist when you build or serve the app.
@@ -1126,3 +1123,100 @@ For more details on how to use the extension, refer to the [Intlayer VS Code Ext
 To go further, you can implement the [visual editor](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/intlayer_visual_editor.md) or externalise your content using the [CMS](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/intlayer_CMS.md).
 
 ---
+
+## Frequently Asked Questions
+
+<FAQ>
+
+<Question title="What are the different solutions available to internationalize a Vue app?">
+
+- **`vue-i18n`**: the reference library, with message catalogues registered globally and ICU style formatting. It has no way to namespace messages, so a page bundles every catalogue and the bundle size keeps growing as the app adds pages.
+- **`Intlayer`**: the most advanced solution. Content declared anywhere in your codebase ([next to each component or centralized](https://intlayer.org/blog/per-component-vs-centralized-i18n)) and compiled by the Vite plugin at build time, fully typed, with AI translation, a visual editor and a CMS.
+
+The practical difference is scope and typing. `vue-i18n` resolves keys as strings at runtime, so a renamed key fails silently, while Intlayer generates types from your declarations and drops content no component uses. See [why Intlayer](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/interest_of_intlayer.md) and the [Vue i18n benchmark](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/benchmark/vue.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How much does i18n add to my Vue bundle size?">
+
+Much less than a namespace based setup, because a page never downloads a catalogue it does not render. The build time compiler replaces `useIntlayer` calls with the exact dictionary entries a component uses, so unused keys and unused languages are dropped, and [dynamic dictionaries](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dynamic_dictionaries/index.md) split the rest per locale. Measured against the usual alternatives, Intlayer reduces bundle and page size by up to 50%. See [bundle optimization](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/bundle_optimization.md) and the [benchmark](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/benchmark/vue.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Can I migrate from `vue-i18n` without rewriting my components?">
+
+Yes, and there are two paths. You can migrate the content progressively with the [vue-i18n migration guide](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/migration_from_vue-i18n_to_intlayer.md). Or you can keep your current API entirely: the [compat adapters](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/compat/index.md) expose the exact same API as `vue-i18n`, but served by Intlayer dictionaries, so imports change and component code does not.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Can I keep my existing JSON translation files?">
+
+Yes. The [sync JSON plugin](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/plugins/sync-json.md) keeps your `/messages/{locale}/{namespace}.json` files as the source of truth and generates Intlayer dictionaries from them, in both directions. A [sync PO plugin](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/plugins/sync-po.md) does the same for gettext catalogues, and [per locale files](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/per_locale_file.md) let you split content by language instead of grouping locales in one file.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Do I have to move my content key by key?">
+
+No. Run `npx intlayer extract` and Intlayer reads your components, pulls the user facing strings out and writes a `.content` file next to each one, so you review a diff instead of copying strings into a catalogue one at a time. Step 11 of this guide walks through it.
+
+For a fully automated pipeline, the [Intlayer Compiler](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/compiler.md) does the same at build time: it scans your JSX, TSX, Vue and Svelte source on every change, generates the dictionaries and keeps them in sync through hot module replacement, so there are no keys to maintain by hand at all.
+
+Two limits are worth knowing before you turn the compiler on. It works by static analysis, so strings that only exist at runtime, such as API error codes or CMS fields, stay out of reach. And it has to tell user facing text apart from application logic like `className="active"` or a status code, which needs a few annotations in a large codebase. The [extract command](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/cli/extract.md) avoids both by keeping you in the loop.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="What editor and AI agent tooling is available?">
+
+Five pieces, all optional:
+
+- **[VS Code extension](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/vs_code_extension.md)**: jump from a `useIntlayer` key to the content file that declares it, extract content from a component, and run build, fill, test, push and pull from the command palette or a dedicated Intlayer tab.
+- **[LSP server](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/lsp.md)**: the same awareness in any editor that speaks LSP, with go to definition, find all references, hover previews of a translated value, autocompletion of keys and fields, and a warning when a key is not declared anywhere. It also resolves `i18next`, `react-i18next`, `next-intl` and `use-intl` calls, which helps while you migrate.
+- **[MCP server](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/mcp_server.md)**: exposes the Intlayer documentation and CLI to Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop, Claude Code and ChatGPT, so an assistant answers from current docs instead of guessing, and can run commands such as `intlayer fill` itself.
+- **[Agent skills](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/agent_skills.md)**: focused skills such as `intlayer-config`, `intlayer-cli` and `intlayer-content`, plus one per framework, that teach an agent your routing setup and the content node types.
+- **[ESLint plugin](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/eslint.md)**: `no-raw-text` flags hardcoded strings, with further rules for static dictionary keys and unused content.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Does Intlayer work with the Vue Composition API and script setup?">
+
+Yes. `useIntlayer` is a composable used inside `<script setup>` like any other, and the returned content is reactive, so changing the locale re-renders the components that read it without a page reload.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How do I set up localized routing in a Vue SPA?">
+
+Steps 7 and 8 of this guide cover Vue Router integration: a locale segment on the route tree, and a watcher that rewrites the URL when the locale changes. If you do not want the locale in the path, set `routing.mode` to `"no-prefix"` or `"search-params"` and it is resolved from a cookie or a query parameter instead. See the [configuration reference](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/configuration.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How do I set the html lang and dir attributes for right to left languages?">
+
+Step 9 covers it. `getHTMLTextDir` returns `rtl` for languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu, so you can bind `lang` and `dir` on the root element from the active locale and let your CSS logical properties do the rest.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How do I translate a Vue app automatically with AI?">
+
+Run `npx intlayer fill`, which fills missing translations with the LLM of your choice using your own provider and API key. `--git-diff` limits the run to the content changed on the branch. See the [fill command](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/cli/fill.md) and [CI/CD integration](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/CI_CD.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Does Intlayer support plurals, gender and rich text?">
+
+Yes: [plural forms](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dictionary/plurial.md), [gender based content](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dictionary/gender.md), conditions, [insertions](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dictionary/insertion.md), [Markdown](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/dictionary/markdown.md) and [formatters](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/formatters.md) for numbers, dates and currencies.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="How can translators edit the content without touching the code?">
+
+Through the [visual editor](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/intlayer_visual_editor.md), which runs on your own infrastructure and lets anyone edit text in place on the running app, or the [CMS](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/intlayer_CMS.md), which externalizes content so it can change without a deployment.
+
+</Question>
+
+<Question title="Is Intlayer free and open source?">
+
+Yes, under the Apache 2.0 licence, commercial use included. The hosted CMS is an optional paid service that can also be [self hosted](https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer/blob/main/docs/docs/en-GB/self_hosting.md).
+
+</Question>
+
+</FAQ>