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Language Tool – Open-source Grammarly alternative

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Re: Language Tool – Open-source Grammarly alternative

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I could see this being an option for Enterprises with concerns around intellectual property or sensitive data leakage.

Yeah, especially since enterprises often want to add their own writing rules (style guide)

Commenting just for informational purposes, but Grammarly also allows for this.

This isn't an endorsement. Just saying this isn't something that sets LT apart.

Re: Language Tool – Open-source Grammarly alternative

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, especially since enterprises often want to add their own writing rules (style guide)

Commenting just for informational purposes, but Grammarly also allows for this. This isn't an endorsement. Just saying this isn't something that sets LT apart.

Do you mean self-hosting or style guide?

Re: Language Tool – Open-source Grammarly alternative

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No Android or Linux app. Subscription is high (like others have said). Appears no offline version (might be wrong) and the text is stored on their servers be default unless you manually delete it. I'll not be using it but good effort though.

No subscription is required for the base version no account, either. Of course, the base version doesn't have all the features as premium, but it is still excellent, in my opinion. I have used the free version for years. There is an offline version, as it is open source.

The full text isn't stored on the servers, but you can always just deploy it yourself for maximum privacy:

https://dev.languagetool.org/http-server

Furthermore, there are options for docker: https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool#docker

Re: Language Tool – Open-source Grammarly alternative

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No Android or Linux app. Subscription is high (like others have said). Appears no offline version (might be wrong) and the text is stored on their servers be default unless you manually delete it. I'll not be using it but good effort though.

No subscription is required for the base version no account, either. Of course, the base version doesn't have all the features as premium, but it is still excellent, in my opinion. I have used the free version for years. There is an offline version, as it is open source. The full text isn't stored on the servers, but you can always just deploy it yourself for maximum privacy: https://dev.languagetool.org/http-server…

Does it work on Linux? Debain?

Re: Language Tool – Open-source Grammarly alternative

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I'm fond of Vale, where you can write your own rules or grab others off github. I wish we could crowd source a grammarly clone using it. Some efforts have been made to do so, but didn't get far.

https://github.com/errata-ai/vale

https://github.com/testthedocs/Openly

Re: Language Tool – Open-source Grammarly alternative

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

No subscription is required for the base version no account, either. Of course, the base version doesn't have all the features as premium, but it is still excellent, in my opinion. I have used the free version for years. There is an offline version, as it is open source. The full text isn't stored on the servers, but you can always just deploy it yourself for maximum privacy: https://dev.languagetool.org/http-server…

Does it work on Linux? Debain?

There is no reason you can't deploy the Java server nor run the docker container on Linux. Or do you mean a native client for Linux?

For my Ubuntu machine as a client, I just use the web extension for Firefox and I also use the Visual Studio Code extension. I am most happy that my READMEs don't have such stupid errors anymore when I push them publicly where anyone can see. LOL

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