steipete · steipete · Jun 12, 2026 · May 31, 2026 · Jun 7, 2026 · Jun 7, 2026
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Added
 - Localization: add native Korean language support across the app and language picker (#1460). Thanks @soohanpark!
+- Localization: add German as a selectable app language (#1245). Thanks @Yuxin-Qiao!
 - Devin: add daily and weekly quota tracking from the signed-in Chrome session or a manual Bearer token (#1264, fixes #800). Thanks @coygeek!
 - Menu bar: add an optional reset-time display for the selected quota metric, with percent fallback when reset metadata is unavailable (#1223, fixes #1185). Thanks @Yuxin-Qiao!
 - Cursor: include application data, extensions, settings, and caches in optional local storage tracking (fixes #1403). Thanks @dhruv-anand-aintech!

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/PreferencesGeneralPane.swift b/Sources/CodexBar/PreferencesGeneralPane.swift
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import SwiftUI
 enum AppLanguage: String, CaseIterable, Identifiable {
     case system = ""
     case english = "en"
+    case german = "de"
     case spanish = "es"
     case catalan = "ca"
     case chineseSimplified = "zh-Hans"
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ enum AppLanguage: String, CaseIterable, Identifiable {
         switch self {
         case .system: L("language_system")
         case .english: L("language_english")
+        case .german: L("language_german")
         case .spanish: L("language_spanish")
         case .catalan: L("language_catalan")
         case .chineseSimplified: L("language_chinese_simplified")

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/ca.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/ca.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@
 "language_portuguese_brazilian" = "Português (Brasil)";
 "language_swedish" = "Suec";
 "language_dutch" = "Nederlands";
+"language_german" = "Deutsch";
 "language_french" = "Francès";
 "language_ukrainian" = "Ucraïnès";
 "language_japanese" = "Japonès";

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/de.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/de.lproj/Localizable.strings
diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/en.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@
 "language_chinese_traditional" = "繁體中文";
 "language_portuguese_brazilian" = "Português (Brasil)";
 "language_dutch" = "Nederlands";
+"language_german" = "Deutsch";
 "language_swedish" = "Svenska";
 "language_french" = "French";
 "language_ukrainian" = "Українська";

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/es.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/es.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@
 "language_portuguese_brazilian" = "Português (Brasil)";
 "language_swedish" = "Sueco";
 "language_dutch" = "Nederlands";
+"language_german" = "Deutsch";
 "language_french" = "Francés";
 "language_ukrainian" = "Ucraniano";
 "language_japanese" = "Japonés";

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/fr.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/fr.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@
 "language_chinese_simplified" = "Chinois simplifié";
 "language_chinese_traditional" = "Chinois traditionnel";
 "language_portuguese_brazilian" = "Portugais (Brésil)";
+"language_german" = "Allemand";
 "language_swedish" = "Suédois";
 "language_french" = "Français";
 "language_dutch" = "Néerlandais";

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/ja.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/ja.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@
 "language_dutch" = "オランダ語";
 "language_swedish" = "スウェーデン語";
 "language_french" = "フランス語";
+"language_german" = "ドイツ語";
 "language_ukrainian" = "ウクライナ語";
 "language_japanese" = "日本語";
 "language_korean" = "韓国語";

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/ko.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/ko.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@
 "language_chinese_simplified" = "중국어(간체)";
 "language_chinese_traditional" = "중국어(번체)";
 "language_portuguese_brazilian" = "포르투갈어(브라질)";
+"language_german" = "독일어";
 "language_dutch" = "네덜란드어";
 "language_swedish" = "스웨덴어";
 "language_french" = "프랑스어";

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/nl.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/nl.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@
 "language_chinese_traditional" = "繁體中文";
 "language_portuguese_brazilian" = "Portugees (Brazilië)";
 "language_dutch" = "Nederlands";
+"language_german" = "Duits";
 "language_french" = "Frans";
 "language_ukrainian" = "Oekraïens";
 "language_japanese" = "Japans";

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/pt-BR.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/pt-BR.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@
 "language_portuguese_brazilian" = "Português (Brasil)";
 "language_swedish" = "Sueco";
 "language_dutch" = "Nederlands";
+"language_german" = "Deutsch";
 "language_french" = "Francês";
 "language_ukrainian" = "Ucraniano";
 "language_japanese" = "Japonês";

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/sv.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/sv.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@
 "language_chinese_traditional" = "繁體中文";
 "language_portuguese_brazilian" = "Português (Brasil)";
 "language_dutch" = "Nederlands";
+"language_german" = "Deutsch";
 "language_swedish" = "Svenska";
 "language_french" = "Franska";
 "language_ukrainian" = "Ukrainska";

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/uk.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/uk.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@
 "language_chinese_simplified" = "简体中文";
 "language_chinese_traditional" = "繁體中文";
 "language_portuguese_brazilian" = "Português (Brasil)";
+"language_german" = "Deutsch";
 "language_swedish" = "Svenska";
 "language_french" = "Français";
 "language_dutch" = "Нідерландська";

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/vi.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/vi.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@
 "language_chinese_simplified" = "简体中文";
 "language_chinese_traditional" = "繁體中文";
 "language_portuguese_brazilian" = "Português (Brasil)";
+"language_german" = "Deutsch";
 "language_swedish" = "Svenska";
 "language_french" = "Tiếng Pháp";
 "language_dutch" = "Tiếng Hà Lan";

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/zh-Hans.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/zh-Hans.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@
 "language_portuguese_brazilian" = "Português (Brasil)";
 "language_swedish" = "瑞典语";
 "language_dutch" = "Nederlands";
+"language_german" = "Deutsch";
 "language_french" = "法语";
 "language_ukrainian" = "乌克兰语";
 "language_japanese" = "日语";

diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/zh-Hant.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Sources/CodexBar/Resources/zh-Hant.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@
 "language_portuguese_brazilian" = "Português (Brasil)";
 "language_swedish" = "瑞典語";
 "language_dutch" = "Nederlands";
+"language_german" = "Deutsch";
 "language_french" = "法語";
 "language_ukrainian" = "烏克蘭語";
 "language_japanese" = "日語";

diff --git a/Tests/CodexBarTests/LocalizationLanguageCatalogTests.swift b/Tests/CodexBarTests/LocalizationLanguageCatalogTests.swift
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ struct LocalizationLanguageCatalogTests {
     private let languageKeys = [
         "language_system",
         "language_english",
+        "language_german",
         "language_spanish",
         "language_catalan",
         "language_chinese_simplified",

diff --git a/Tests/CodexBarTests/PreferencesPaneSmokeTests.swift b/Tests/CodexBarTests/PreferencesPaneSmokeTests.swift
@@ -86,6 +86,36 @@ struct PreferencesPaneSmokeTests {
         #expect(L("quit_app") == "CodexBar を終了")
     }
 
+    @Test
+    func `german app language resolves localized labels`() {
+        let previousLanguage = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "appLanguage")
+        let previousAppleLanguages = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "AppleLanguages")
+        defer {
+            if let previousLanguage {
+                UserDefaults.standard.set(previousLanguage, forKey: "appLanguage")
+            } else {
+                UserDefaults.standard.removeObject(forKey: "appLanguage")
+            }
+            if let previousAppleLanguages {
+                UserDefaults.standard.set(previousAppleLanguages, forKey: "AppleLanguages")
+            } else {
+                UserDefaults.standard.removeObject(forKey: "AppleLanguages")
+            }
+        }
+
+        let settings = Self.makeSettingsStore(suite: "PreferencesPaneSmokeTests-language-de")
+        settings.appLanguage = "de"
+
+        #expect(UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "appLanguage") == "de")
+        #expect(L("tab_general") == "Allgemein")
+        #expect(L("language_title") == "Sprache")
+        #expect(L("quit_app") == "CodexBar beenden")
+        #expect(L("display_mode_reset_time") == "Zurücksetzungszeit")
+        #expect(L("display_mode_reset_time_desc").contains("↻ 15:56"))
+        #expect(L("vertex_ai_login_instructions").contains("\n\n1. Öffnen Sie Terminal"))
+        #expect(!L("vertex_ai_login_instructions").contains("\\n"))
+    }
+
     private static func makeSettingsStore(suite: String) -> SettingsStore {
         let defaults = UserDefaults(suiteName: suite)!
         defaults.removePersistentDomain(forName: suite)