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Options for Automation with Source Repositories

September 15, 2026

If you're interested in integrating Smartling directly with your source repositories, there are a few options:

A GitHub specific connector.
A general repository connector for both Git and SVN repos.
You can choose to build a custom integration, using our APIs, which have supporting tools and SDKs.

Here are the main differences between these options:

Option	GitHub Connector	Repository Connector	Custom API Solution
GitHub hosted Git repos	Yes	Yes	Yes
Self hosted Git repos (GitHub Enterprise)	No	Yes	Yes
GitLab or Bitbucket hosted Git Repos	No	Yes	Yes
Self hosted SVN repos	No	Yes	Yes
Requires pull requests for changes to be detected by Smartling	No (see connector configuration modes)	No	No
Single repository for source and translations	Yes (GitHub connector will create a new translation branch.)	Yes (Repository connector will push translations only to the same repository and the same branch from where it found files with new strings for translation.)	Yes
Multiple repositories	Yes (You can create multiple Configuration Sets in a single Smartling project to connect to different repositories.)	Yes (A single Smartling project can have files from multiple repositories. With custom configuration, multiple Smartling projects can have files from the same source repository.)	Yes
Configure by branch	Yes (You can create multiple Configuration Sets in a single Smartling project to target different branches.)	Multiple	Custom
Deliver translations by pull request	Yes	No	Yes
Operate behind firewall	N/A	Yes	Yes

For more information on using Smartling APIs see Overview of the API.

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