nresx 1.0.0

nresx

One command-line tool for every localization file format. Read, write, convert, and validate translation resources across 13 formats, on Windows / Linux / macOS, from any shell.

# a translator sent back a .po - fold it into your app's locale files
nresx convert strings.uk.po -f json

# gate CI on localization health: drift, duplicates, untranslated entries
nresx validate "locales/strings.*.json" -r --warnings-as-errors

Why nresx

• Format-agnostic. po, json, yaml, Android, iOS, resx, xliff and more - one model, one command set, any-to-any conversion.
• CI-friendly by design. Deterministic output, documented exit codes, errors on stderr, validate as a drop-in pipeline gate.
• Batch-first. Every command accepts wildcards and -r to sweep whole directory trees in one call.
• Scriptable and embeddable. The same operations from any shell (Windows / Linux / macOS, no .NET visible once installed) or from C# via nresx.Core - a single netstandard2.0 build that runs everywhere from .NET Framework 4.6.1 to the latest .NET, Unity included.

Install

Standalone CLI binary

The nresx command-line tool as a single self-contained executable - nothing to install first, no .NET required. Download, unzip, run. Grab it from the latest release:

After extracting, add the directory to your PATH so nresx is callable from any shell:

<details><summary>Windows</summary>

# Extract to C:\Tools\nresx, then:
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $env:Path + ";C:\Tools\nresx", "User")
# Restart your shell. Confirm:
nresx --version

</details>

<details><summary>Linux / macOS</summary>

# Extract to ~/.local/bin (already on PATH on most distros) or /usr/local/bin
unzip nresx-linux-x64.zip -d ~/.local/bin/
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/nresx
nresx --version

Linux runtime dependency: requires libicu (standard .NET globalization library). Most desktop distros (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora) include it by default. On minimal containers / slim server images, install it:

# Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install -y libicu-dev

# Fedora / RHEL / Rocky
sudo dnf install -y libicu

# Alpine is not supported - the binary needs glibc, not musl

On macOS, Gatekeeper may quarantine the binary on first run. Remove the quarantine flag:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ~/.local/bin/nresx

</details>

CLI via dotnet tool

If you already have the .NET SDK:

dotnet tool install -g nresx
nresx --help

.NET library

The same engine as a package, for use from C# code:

dotnet add package nresx.Core

Planned channels

Coming with the 1.0 release: Chocolatey (choco install nresx) and Scoop (scoop install nresx). Homebrew is planned for a later release.

Supported formats

Ordered roughly by ecosystem reach. Click the heading above for per-format details: what's preserved, what's lossy, and format-specific quirks. More formats are on the roadmap.

Quick start

CLI

# Convert a single file into another format (placed next to the source)
nresx convert strings.po -f json

# Convert every .resx in the current directory tree into a .yaml sibling
nresx convert *.resx -f yaml -r

# Show format, culture, and element count for a file
nresx info strings.json

# Print every key=value pair (use -t to customize the row template)
nresx list strings.json

# Surface drift, duplicates, and empty entries across language siblings
# (non-zero exit on errors; --warnings-as-errors makes it strict)
nresx validate strings.*.json -r

Full command reference.

.NET library

using nresx.Core;

// Load
var file = new ResourceFile("strings.resx");

foreach (var element in file.Elements)
    Console.WriteLine($"{element.Key} = {element.Value}");

// Mutate
file.Elements.Add("hello", "Hello, world!");

// Save as a different format
file.Save("strings.po", ResourceFormatType.Po);

Async overloads are available: ResourceFile.LoadAsync and file.SaveAsync both accept a CancellationToken.

Docs

• Getting started - install, first conversions, library walkthrough.
• Command reference - every CLI command, flags, exit codes.
• Format reference - per-format roundtrip and quirks.
• API reference - full nresx.Core API.
• Recipes - translator handoff, CI validation, batch ops.
• Worked examples - WinForms, web, and CI project shapes.

Feedback and contributing

• Found a bug? Open an issue.
• Question or idea? Start a discussion.
• Want to contribute a fix or feature? See CONTRIBUTING.md - good first issue labels mark approachable entry points.

License

MIT