Alternative to Pot
Pot translator alternative now that Pot is archived
Pot, the free cross-platform translator, was archived on GitHub in 2026: it still runs, but it gets no fixes or new versions. If you used it to translate any text on screen, Easydict on macOS covers most of that for free. If you used it to read and answer messages at work, BetterSend works inside the Slack, Teams, WhatsApp and Discord apps on Mac and Windows with no API key: Translate and Explain on what you receive, and Improve to send your reply in natural English in one of 13 tones. Its free plan has 50 actions a month.
By Rubens Jr, Founder of BetterSend
What changed at Pot
- The pot-app/pot-desktop repository on GitHub is archived and read-only, as of October 2026. It had about 19,300 stars.
- The last release, 3.0.7, came out on May 10, 2025.
- Pot was a free translator for Windows, macOS and Linux, built with Tauri, that translated selected text, the clipboard and screenshots.
- Many of its more than twenty services ran on your own API keys or on free endpoints. Archived, the app will not be updated when one of them changes.
What BetterSend gives you for free
- 50 AI actions a month, every month, with no trial that runs out and no card. Each Improve, Translate or Explain is one action.
- 3 tones (Professional, Friendly, Fix Grammar) and 10 free uses of the Pro tones, to try the others on real messages.
- Write in Portuguese, Spanish or any other language and get natural English back, in one click.
- Translate and Explain on the messages you receive, in 44 languages.
- The desktop app for Mac and Windows puts the same button in the Slack, Teams, WhatsApp and Discord apps, on the same free plan.
- Your message is sent only when you click, never stored and never used to train models.
Where Pot is still the better choice
- It is free and open source, and its system text recognition works offline.
- It runs on Linux. BetterSend has no Linux app.
- It translates any text on screen, including text in images, not only messages.
- Other apps such as PopClip and SnipDo can send text to it.
Switch in three steps
- 1
Add BetterSend to Chrome and sign in with your email. The free plan needs no card.
- 2
Open Slack, Teams, WhatsApp Web or Gmail, write the draft in your own language and press Improve.
- 3
For the apps installed on your computer, get BetterSend for Mac or Windows.
Common questions
Is Pot translator discontinued?
Its GitHub repository is archived, which means read-only: no fixes and no new releases. Installed copies keep running until something they depend on changes.
What is a free Pot alternative on Mac?
Easydict is free, open source and still updated, and translates selected text and screenshots with Apple translation or your own keys. For chat replies, the BetterSend free plan has 50 actions a month and needs no key.
Does BetterSend work on Windows?
Yes. The desktop app runs on Mac and Windows and adds its button to the installed Slack, Teams, WhatsApp and Discord apps. In Chrome, the extension adds the same buttons on twelve sites.
What does BetterSend cost?
The free plan has 50 AI actions a month and 3 tones, with no card. Pro is $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year with all 13 tones.
Sources
- Pot on GitHub (archived) (checked 2026-10-29)
- Pot release 3.0.7 (May 10, 2025) (checked 2026-10-29)
- Pot README: features and supported services (checked 2026-10-29)
- Easydict on GitHub (checked 2026-10-29)
- BetterSend (checked 2026-10-23)