Hives

A Hive is a project workspace. It holds all your translation strings for one app, one product, or one section of a larger system. Think of it like a repo, but for translations.

Creating a Hive

Click New Hive from the dashboard. You'll need:

• Name: anything readable, like "My App" or "Marketing Site"
• Slug: the URL-friendly identifier used in API calls and SDK commands, like my-app
• Source locale: the language your strings are written in, usually en

The slug and source locale can't be changed once you have strings in the Hive, so take a moment with those two.

Target locales

After creating a Hive, add the languages you want to translate into. Go to Hive Settings and add locales one by one.

Each locale has two codes:

• Canonical code: the standard IETF code, like de or pt-BR. This is what Stringhive uses internally.
• Custom code: an override used in export filenames and API responses. Useful when your app uses a non-standard code like de-AT or zh-hant.

If you don't set a custom code, Stringhive uses the canonical one.

Placeholder type

Stringhive validates that your translators keep placeholders intact. You pick the format your app uses:

Set this in Hive Settings. If a translator submits a translation with a missing placeholder, they'll get a warning before saving.

Hive members

By default, all team members can access all Hives. You can also assign hive-level roles to give translators access to specific Hives only. See Roles & Permissions for the full breakdown.

Pinning Hives

If you work with a lot of Hives, pin the ones you use most. Pinned Hives appear at the top of your dashboard. Click the pin icon on any Hive card to toggle it.