diff --git a/.github/workflows/badges.yaml b/.github/workflows/badges.yaml
index 63ee736dca..cd30e4f370 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/badges.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/badges.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: ./.github/workflows/setup-with-retry
     - name: Push badges
       run: |
-        ${{ env.RUN }} "scons -j$(nproc) && python3 selfdrive/ui/translations/create_badges.py"
+        ${{ env.RUN }} "python3 selfdrive/ui/translations/create_badges.py"
 
         rm .gitattributes
 
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/translations/create_badges.py b/selfdrive/ui/translations/create_badges.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2948c4857d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/translations/create_badges.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import json
+import os
+import requests
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+from openpilot.common.basedir import BASEDIR
+from openpilot.selfdrive.ui.update_translations import LANGUAGES_FILE, TRANSLATIONS_DIR
+
+BADGE_HEIGHT = 20 + 8
+SHIELDS_URL = "https://img.shields.io/badge"
+
+def parse_po_file(file_path):
+  """
+  Parse a .po file and count total and unfinished translations.
+  Returns: (total_translations, unfinished_translations)
+  """
+  with open(file_path) as f:
+    content = f.read()
+
+  total_translations = 0
+  unfinished_translations = 0
+
+  # Split into entries (separated by blank lines)
+  entries = content.split('\n\n')
+
+  for entry in entries:
+    # Skip header entry (contains Project-Id-Version)
+    if 'Project-Id-Version' in entry:
+      continue
+
+    # Check if this entry has a msgid (translation entry)
+    # After skipping header, any entry with msgid " is a translation
+    # (both msgid "content" and msgid "" for multiline contain msgid ")
+    if 'msgid "' not in entry:
+      continue
+
+    total_translations += 1
+
+    # Check if msgstr is empty (unfinished translation)
+    if 'msgstr ""' in entry:
+      # Check if there are continuation lines with content after msgstr ""
+      lines = entry.split('\n')
+      msgstr_idx = None
+      for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+        if line.strip().startswith('msgstr ""'):
+          msgstr_idx = i
+          break
+
+      if msgstr_idx is not None:
+        # Check if any continuation lines have content
+        has_content = False
+        for line in lines[msgstr_idx + 1:]:
+          stripped = line.strip()
+          # Continuation line with content
+          if stripped.startswith('"') and len(stripped) > 2:
+            has_content = True
+            break
+          # End of entry
+          if stripped.startswith(('msgid', '#')) or not stripped:
+            break
+
+        if not has_content:
+          unfinished_translations += 1
+
+  return (total_translations, unfinished_translations)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  with open(LANGUAGES_FILE) as f:
+    translation_files = json.load(f)
+
+  badge_svg = []
+  max_badge_width = 0  # keep track of max width to set parent element
+  for idx, (name, file) in enumerate(translation_files.items()):
+    po_file_path = os.path.join(str(TRANSLATIONS_DIR), f"app_{file}.po")
+
+    total_translations, unfinished_translations = parse_po_file(po_file_path)
+
+    percent_finished = int(100 - (unfinished_translations / total_translations * 100.)) if total_translations > 0 else 0
+    color = f"rgb{(94, 188, 0) if percent_finished == 100 else (248, 255, 50) if percent_finished > 90 else (204, 55, 27)}"
+
+    # Download badge
+    badge_label = f"LANGUAGE {name}"
+    badge_message = f"{percent_finished}% complete"
+    if unfinished_translations != 0:
+      badge_message += f" ({unfinished_translations} unfinished)"
+
+    r = requests.get(f"{SHIELDS_URL}/{badge_label}-{badge_message}-{color}", timeout=10)
+    assert r.status_code == 200, "Error downloading badge"
+    content_svg = r.content.decode("utf-8")
+
+    xml = ET.fromstring(content_svg)
+    assert "width" in xml.attrib
+    max_badge_width = max(max_badge_width, int(xml.attrib["width"]))
+
+    # Make tag ids in each badge unique to combine them into one svg
+    for tag in ("r", "s"):
+      content_svg = content_svg.replace(f'id="{tag}"', f'id="{tag}{idx}"')
+      content_svg = content_svg.replace(f'"url(#{tag})"', f'"url(#{tag}{idx})"')
+
+    badge_svg.extend([f'<g transform="translate(0, {idx * BADGE_HEIGHT})">', content_svg, "</g>"])
+
+  badge_svg.insert(0, '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ' +
+                   f'height="{len(translation_files) * BADGE_HEIGHT}" width="{max_badge_width}">')
+  badge_svg.append("</svg>")
+
+  with open(os.path.join(BASEDIR, "translation_badge.svg"), "w") as badge_f:
+    badge_f.write("\n".join(badge_svg))
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py b/selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py
index b692552fb8..bded80b2e5 100755
--- a/selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 from openpilot.common.basedir import BASEDIR
 from openpilot.system.ui.lib.multilang import SYSTEM_UI_DIR, UI_DIR, TRANSLATIONS_DIR, multilang
 
+LANGUAGES_FILE = os.path.join(str(TRANSLATIONS_DIR), "languages.json")
 POT_FILE = os.path.join(str(TRANSLATIONS_DIR), "app.pot")