Guide

Start here when you want to understand Ferrocat as a product, not just as a crate list. The guide starts from the practical workflow: keep translations reviewable, validate them before release, and compile runtime payloads your application can load predictably. The technical formats matter, but they are introduced as tools for that job.

In this section

• Getting Started for installation, a first parse/stringify example, and the main product workflows
• Catalog Modes for how Ferrocat uses PO, ICU, and FCL without making them the whole product story
• Runtime Compilation for turning catalogs into application-ready artifacts
• Ferrocat And Palamedes for how the catalog engine connects to the JS/TS i18n framework
• Project Status for current strengths, roadmap themes, and compatibility policy
• Releases And Upgrading for changelog locations, lockstep versions, and safe upgrades
• Community for contributing and operational links