# Maxprograms - Solutions for the Translation Industry
> Advanced open-standard localization tools for XLIFF, DITA, and TMX processing.

Maxprograms provides professional-grade, cross-platform utilities for the localization industry, focusing on strict adherence to OASIS and LISA standards. The ecosystem centers on OpenXLIFF Filters, providing robust conversion and validation without proprietary markup.

Maxprograms SAS is a software company registered in Uruguay. Its products are developed by Rodolfo M. Raya, Chief Technology Officer and a contributor to localization standards including XLIFF, TMX, TBX, SRX, and GlossML, and Martin Raya Campiotti, who also contributes to the site's development.

## Core Documentation
- [Localization Suite](https://maxprograms.com/products/localizationsuite.html): Annual subscription bundle combining Swordfish, TMXEditor, Stingray, and Anchovy under a single license, at a discount over buying them separately.
- [OpenXLIFF Filters](https://maxprograms.com/products/openxliff.html): Java-based filters for creating, merging, and validating XLIFF 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2.
- [XLIFF Manager](https://maxprograms.com/products/xliffmanager.html): Cross-platform GUI for OpenXLIFF Filters; handles Office, HTML, JSON, and IDML.
- [XLIFF Validation Service](https://dev.maxprograms.com): Online validator for structural and constraint-based XLIFF 1.2 and 2.x compliance.
- [Swordfish Translation Editor](https://maxprograms.com/products/swordfish.html): Advanced CAT tool based on XLIFF 1.2 with internal TM and MT integration.
- [Fluenta](https://maxprograms.com/products/fluenta.html): Specialized DITA-to-XLIFF localization manager for technical documentation.
- [HybridTM](https://maxprograms.com/products/hybridTM.html): Semantic Translation Memory engine combining embeddings with fuzzy matching; ships a CLI for importing, searching, backing up/restoring, and enriching XLIFF files with TM candidates from the shell. Under active development, with planned integration into Swordfish, Fluenta, and RemoteTM.

## Technical Resources & Standards
- [DITA Translation Guide](https://maxprograms.com/articles/ditaxliff.html): Best practices for using XLIFF to localize DITA projects.
- [TMX and TM Reuse](https://www.maxprograms.com/articles/tmx.html): Technical analysis of Translation Memory eXchange (TMX) for tool independence.
- [XLIFF 2.x Support](https://www.maxprograms.com/articles/xliff.html): Guide on using XLIFF as a modern intermediary localization format.
- [TypesXML](https://maxprograms.com/products/typesxml.html): XML processing library for TypeScript with strict DTD and Catalog validation.
- [TypesXLIFF](https://maxprograms.com/products/typesxliff.html): TypeScript library for parsing, generating, and validating XLIFF files.
- [XliffDeepl](https://github.com/maxprograms-com/XliffDeepl): Open-source command-line tool, built on TypesXLIFF, that translates XLIFF 2.1/2.2 files using the DeepL API with support for custom glossaries and formality settings.
- [XliffAI](https://github.com/maxprograms-com/XliffAI): Open-source command-line tool and library, built on TypesXLIFF, that translates XLIFF 2.x files with AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, Mistral, Qwen, Z.ai), batching segments with glossary and TM context and proposing results as reviewable `<mtc:match>` candidates rather than overwriting `<target>`.

## Auxiliary Tools
- [TMXEditor](https://maxprograms.com/products/tmxeditor.html): High-performance cross-platform editor for large TMX files. Rewritten in pure TypeScript as of version 4.0.0.
- [Anchovy](https://maxprograms.com/products/anchovy.html): Cross-platform glossary editor and terminology extractor; converts between GlossML, TMX, TBX, CSV, and Excel, with export to HTML.
- [Stingray](https://maxprograms.com/products/stingray.html): Document aligner for generating TMX memories from existing translations.
- [RemoteTM](https://maxprograms.com/products/remotetm.html): Translation Memory server with a REST API for networked team environments.
- [SRXEditor](https://www.maxprograms.com/products/srxeditor.html): Open-source editor for SRX 2.0 segmentation rules.
- [XLIFFMerger](https://maxprograms.com/products/xliffmerger.html): Merge and split XLIFF files.

## Support & Services
- [Support Center](https://maxprograms.com/support/index.html): Step-by-step how-to guides and documentation for every Maxprograms product, each available as Web Help, PDF, and plain static HTML (under `/manuals/`) — English plus Spanish and French for localized products.
- [Professional Services](https://maxprograms.com/services.html): Custom development and integration services for localization workflows, built on Maxprograms' existing, actively maintained components.