Weblate MCP vs Live Translate MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Weblate MCP and Live Translate MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Weblate MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Translation Services domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: WEBLATE_API_URL, WEBLATE_API_TOKEN.
• Primary tools included: Weblate REST API access through MCP, Project and component management, Filtered translation search.

Explore Weblate MCP Details

Choose Live Translate MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Translation Services domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (BYOK (Pay Provider Direct)).
• You have access to required keys: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Weblate MCP mmntm Translation Services	Live Translate MCP waxberry-dev Translation Services
Summary	Comprehensive Model Context Protocol server for Weblate translation management, enabling AI assistants to perform translation tasks, project management, and content discovery with smart format transformations.	Real-time English ↔ Mandarin Chinese speech translation. Transcribes audio locally with Whisper, translates via Claude API, and synthesises speech locally with Piper TTS. Pass a WAV file path and Claude handles the rest.
Category & Scope

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mmntm-weblate-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "-",
        "no"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WEBLATE_API_URL": "YOUR_WEBLATE_API_URL_HERE",
        "WEBLATE_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_WEBLATE_API_TOKEN_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "waxberry-dev-live-translate-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "live-translate-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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