Web UI Overview
glotfile serve (or just glotfile) opens a single-page app for managing your catalog. It runs locally, bound to 127.0.0.1, and writes changes straight back to glotfile.json.
The panels
A nav rail switches between six panels:
| Panel | What it’s for |
|---|---|
| Editor | The heart of the app — a searchable, filterable table of every key with the source and each translation side by side. |
| Analytics | Coverage and review progress per locale, namespace, and tag. |
| Screenshots | Attach and review images that give the AI visual context. |
| Glossary | Manage do-not-translate and forced terms — see Glossary. |
| Settings | Edit the config block: locales, outputs, AI provider, formatting, dictionary. |
| AI Log | A record of recent translation runs (egress only). |
Cross-cutting features
- Checks — the UI continuously surfaces issues (missing values, placeholder mismatches, length and glossary violations) so you can fix them as you go.
- Export preview — before writing files, preview exactly what
glotfile exportwill produce. See Output Formats. - Save semantics — most edits save immediately to
glotfile.json. A few settings (notably dictionary changes) require an explicit Save — see Settings.
Privacy
Nothing leaves your machine except the AI calls you choose to make. The UI is local; the AI Log never stores your API keys or screenshot bytes.
Related
- CLI Overview — the same operations without the browser
- Quick Start — a guided first run