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🚀 Translate 10,000 messages in under 100 seconds — easy, fast, lightweight with Laravel GeoGenius

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🌍 Laravel GeoGenius — Supercharge Your Laravel App with Geo-Location, Multilingual Translations, and Smarter Automation

Building modern applications means going beyond CRUD. Today’s users expect personalized experiences — whether that’s content in their own language, the right currency for their country, or smart defaults based on location.

That’s where Laravel GeoGenius comes in.
A developer-friendly Laravel package designed to handle geo-location, translations, multilingual workflows, and global user experience — all in one place.

🚀 Why Laravel GeoGenius?

Laravel GeoGenius was built with one goal:
👉 Make Laravel apps truly global, without complexity.

Instead of piecing together multiple libraries and writing endless boilerplate, GeoGenius offers an integrated solution for:

  • 🌐 Geo-IP detection (location, timezone, country, currency)
  • 📝 Automatic translation workflows
  • ⚡ Powerful artisan commands for multilingual apps
  • 📦 Developer-friendly tools for real-world production

✨ Key Features

Let’s break down what Laravel GeoGenius brings to the table:

🌍 1. Smart Geo-Location Services

Automatically detect your visitors’ location, timezone, currency, and country with zero configuration.

  • 🕒 Timezone detection — Adjust app behavior based on user’s region.
  • 💱 Currency auto-detection — Show users the right currency symbol (USD, EUR, BDT, etc.) instantly.
  • 📍 Country code support — Useful for eCommerce, analytics, or personalization.
  • 🔌 Plug & play integration — Works seamlessly with Laravel’s session and middleware stack.

🗣 2. Multilingual & Translation System

Global apps need multiple languages. GeoGenius provides a complete translation workflow that removes friction.

  • 📝 Translate helper — Use translate('Hello World') anywhere in your app.
  • 📂 Language files auto-management — Messages are stored in resources/lang/{locale}/messages.php.
  • 🔎 Auto-detect missing translations — If a string isn’t translated, it’s added to new-messages.php.
  • ⚡ Batch translation commands — Translate hundreds of strings automatically using artisan.

🛠 3. Artisan Commands for Productivity

GeoGenius introduces developer-first artisan commands to make translations painless.

Command Description
geo:add-language {locale} Create a new language directory with starter files.
geo:translations-generate --locale={locale} Scan your project for translate('...') calls and auto-generate messages.php.
geo:translate-language {locale} --count={n} Translate up to n messages from new-messages.php into messages.php.
geo:translate-language-batch {locale} --count={n} Translate a fixed batch of messages at a time.
geo:translate-language-all {locale} --count={n} Keep translating until all messages are processed.

💡 With these commands, the workflow becomes:

  1. Add a language
  2. Generate messages from codebase
  3. Translate missing strings in batches

No more manual file editing.

🧩 4. Developer Experience Optimized

GeoGenius isn’t just feature-rich — it’s developer-focused.

  • 📂 Automatic file handling (creates messages.php and new-messages.php if missing).
  • 🔧 Configurable translation limits (--count option).
  • ✅ Clear console feedback (progress, warnings, success/fail messages).
  • 🔄 Backward compatible with Laravel’s native translation system (__() function still works).
  • 🔌 Works with Livewire, Blade, Vue, or any frontend stack.

💡 5. Real-World Use Cases

Here’s where Laravel GeoGenius really shines:

  • E-Commerce apps → Detect user’s country, auto-apply correct currency, and show localized product descriptions.
  • SaaS platforms → Handle global customers with timezone-aware scheduling and multilingual dashboards.
  • Content-driven websites → Auto-detect visitor language and serve translated content.
  • Analytics & Reporting → Track users by region, country, or timezone.

⚡ Getting Started

Install via Composer:

composer require devrabiul/laravel-geo-genius
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Publish assets:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Devrabiul\\LaravelGeoGenius\\LaravelGeoGeniusServiceProvider"
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Add a new language:

php artisan geo:add-language en
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Generate messages from your codebase:

php artisan geo:translations-generate --locale=en
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Translate missing strings:

php artisan geo:translate-language-all en --count=300
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And that’s it — your app is location-aware and multilingual 🎉

🔄 What’s New in v1.3

Laravel GeoGenius keeps evolving.
The latest release (v1.3) introduces:

  • 📝 geo:translations-generate → Auto-generate messages.php by scanning your entire app.
  • 🔄 geo:translate-language-all → Translate all missing strings in one go.
  • 📦 Smarter file handling and improved developer experience.

Full changelog: v1.3 Release Notes

🎯 Final Thoughts

Building truly global apps in Laravel no longer needs to be complex.
With Laravel GeoGenius, you get:

  • 🌍 Geo-location
  • 📝 Multilingual translation workflow
  • ⚡ Powerful artisan commands
  • 🔌 Seamless integration with Laravel

All in a single, production-ready package.

👉 Try it out today: Laravel GeoGenius on GitHub

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