Translations:Global templates/Alternative solutions/49/en

Like templates, they belong to the “Local customizations” side of Wikimedia software as described in the. The problems with gadgets are similar to the problem with templates: they cannot be easily ported from one wiki to another, and even the existing hacks for making them work across wikis, such as those that are used by the famous HotCat gadget, are imperfect. In addition, they do not have a convenient and uniform framework for localization, as there is for extensions.