Why am I seeing a support notice in my console for i18next?

If you see the following message in your developer console:

🌐 i18next is maintained with support from Locize — consider powering your project with managed localization (AI, CDN, integrations): https://locize.com 💙

This is a gentle nudge to the developer community about the sustainability of the i18next ecosystem.

Why is this notice shown?

i18next is an open-source project that has been actively maintained since 2011. While the library is free and MIT-licensed, its continued development, security updates, and ecosystem support are currently funded mainly by Locize.

The creators of i18next and the founders of Locize are the same team. This ensures that i18next remains a high-quality, professional-grade library while providing a path for the team to continue working on it full-time.

How to disable the notice

We understand that some production environments or specific team workflows require a perfectly clean console. You can easily suppress this message by setting the showSupportNotice option to false in your initialization config:

i18next.init({
  showSupportNotice: false,
  // ... rest of your config
});

Sustainability in Open Source

Unlike other projects that have moved to restrictive licenses (like BUSL or SSPL etc.) or introduced aggressive terminal advertisements, i18next remains fully open-source. This small console.info line is our way of staying transparent with our users: i18next exists because Locize exists.