# flowLingua — AI-First Translation Proxy

## Summary
flowLingua is a pay-per-use translation API powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) instead of traditional Neural Machine Translation (NMT). It provides high-quality, context-aware translations for 100+ languages with zero-shot capabilities.

## Key Features
- LLM-powered translation (DeepSeek, GPT, Claude)
- Pay-per-use pricing (free 5K chars on signup, then $0.50/100K chars)
- 100+ language pairs (zero-shot — no training data per pair)
- Simple REST API (POST /translate)
- Self-hostable via Docker
- API key authentication
- Translation cache to reduce costs
- Compatible with LibreTranslate ecosystem

## Documentation
- API Reference: /docs
- Pricing: /pricing
- FAQ: /faq
- Quick Start: /tutorials/getting-started

## Use Cases
- API documentation translation (OpenAPI/Swagger)
- E-commerce product description localization
- Content management system integration
- Real-time chat translation
- Document localization pipelines

## Pricing
- Free: 5,000 characters (one-time, on account creation)
- Pay-per-use: $0.50 per 100K characters after free tier
- No monthly commitments, no subscriptions

## API Endpoints
- POST /translate — Translate text
- GET /languages — List supported languages
- GET /usage — Check remaining credits
- GET /health — Health check

## Integration
- API keys via header: Authorization: Bearer <key>
- JSON request/response format
- Compatible with RapidAPI, Apify, and API marketplaces

## Repository
https://github.com/cargoffer/flowlingua

## License
MIT — Cargoffer Technologies