WhatThePort

Change WhatThePort’s app language

Choose English, German, French, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese or Ukrainian during setup, in Settings, or from the terminal.

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WhatThePort’s native Mac interface is available in eight languages:

Language Name in the picker Code
English English en
German Deutsch de
French Français fr
Spanish Español es
Simplified Chinese 简体中文 zh-Hans
Hebrew עברית he
Japanese 日本語 ja
Ukrainian Українська uk

Choose during setup or later

On the first onboarding screen, use the Language picker. The interface changes immediately, so you can continue setup in that language. Later, open Settings → General → Language to change it again.

System default uses the first supported language in your Mac’s preferred language list, with English as the fallback. Traditional Chinese is not treated as Simplified Chinese. Hebrew uses a right-to-left layout.

Set the app language from the terminal

Once the wtp command is installed through onboarding or Settings → General → Terminal, show the current preference:

wtp language

For example, switch the app to Japanese:

wtp language ja

Or return to your Mac’s preferred language:

wtp language system

Use any code from the table above. The terminal’s ? help screen also shows the app language.

What changes, and what stays the same

Labels, settings, onboarding, menus, alerts and accessibility copy are translated. Project names, branches, paths, commands and session identifiers remain exactly as they are. Changing language does not stop or restart your development servers.

The wtp terminal interface stays in English, including command help and JSON field names. The website is also in English; its Translations section previews the actual native onboarding screen in each language.

The translations are open source. If a phrase could be clearer, suggest a correction on GitHub. See the localization notes for resource files and testing details.

Download WhatThePort for macOS.