# MelonTranslate

> Open Source LLM Translator (BYOK)

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/melontranslate](https://chrome-stats.com/d/melontranslate)

## Overview

- **ID:** `melontranslate`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** jamielgbr
- **Category:** language-support,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 4
- **Version:** 0.4.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-04
- **First published:** 2026-04-16
- **Size:** 2.51 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/melontranslate/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/jamielgbr/MelonTranslate](https://github.com/jamielgbr/MelonTranslate)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/melontranslate/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/melontranslate/privacy/)

## Description

A browser extension for LLM-powered translation using your own API key

Bring your own API key to translate web pages inline or selected text on demand.

<ul><li><strong>Immersive page translation</strong> — translate full pages inline while preserving layout.</li><li><strong>Select-to-translate</strong> — highlight text to translate, compare, copy, or read aloud.</li><li><strong>Input translation button</strong> — translate text fields in place.</li><li><strong>Bilingual video subtitles</strong> — show translated subtitles alongside the original, with learning annotations and hover word lookup. By using surrounding subtitle context and Topic Sensing, MelonTranslate can produce more accurate translations than similar tools on the same model.</li><li><strong>Multiple providers</strong> — use OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek, Groq, Google Translate, or any OpenAI-compatible provider.</li></ul>
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## Rankings

- #49,420 — Overall
- #151 — merlin
- #248 — deepseek

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `contextMenus`
- `scripting`
- `activeTab`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`
- `*.youtube.com`
- `*.youtube-nocookie.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/melontranslate)