I made the same thing, but it works without ChatGPT key: https://github.com/nucleartux/ai-grammar/
Nice. Can you please add support for contacting your own private OpenAI compatible server (like ollama)?
Yes, it's on my roadmap!
Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly
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Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
And you can write your own custom rules. It's great as a reward for spotting an error in your writing you get to write a tiny little bit of code to spot it automatically next time. I've collected hundreds.
Is there a way to add and use niche custom terminology?
I've turned off the spell checker. Spell checking is done just fine in Word so I don't need it there.
Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly
#113For me the huge part of Grammarly's magic is that it's not just in the browser, but in any text input on desktop with their desktop app (with some exceptions). Having it only in only in one application just doesn't cut it, especially since it's not my browser of choice. Are there any plans regarding desktop integration. Linux is woefully underserved in this space with all major offerings (Grammarly, Languagetool) hav…
I have developed a system-wide writing assistant like you're describing. By design, it has no exceptions to where it works.
Currently, it's only for Mac, but I'm working on an Electron version too (though it's quite challenging).
Check out https://steerapp.ai/
Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly
#114I have been using LanguageTool[1] for years as "an open source alternative to [old school] Grammarly". It doesn't do that fancy "make this text more professional" AI stuff like this or Grammarly can now do, but they offer a self-hosted version so you don't need to send everything you write to OpenAI. If all you want is a better spelling/grammar checker, I highly recommend it. [1] - https://github.com/languagetool-org…
For VSCode users who want to try out LanguageTool, I cannot recommend the LTeX extension [1] highly enough. Setting up a self-hosted configuration is really easy and it integrates very neatly with the editor. It was originally built for LaTeX but also supports Markdown now.
Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly
#115I have been using LanguageTool[1] for years as "an open source alternative to [old school] Grammarly". It doesn't do that fancy "make this text more professional" AI stuff like this or Grammarly can now do, but they offer a self-hosted version so you don't need to send everything you write to OpenAI. If all you want is a better spelling/grammar checker, I highly recommend it. [1] - https://github.com/languagetool-org…
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#116In the same space, I recommend checking out the Vale linter. Fairly powerful and open source, too. And doesn't rely on a backend. https://vale.sh
I love vale. I’ve been using it for years. I branched rules from someone trying to emulate the economist style guide and kept tweaking.
I like this approach so much better than leaning on AI because it’s more my “voice”.
Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly
#117I have been using LanguageTool[1] for years as "an open source alternative to [old school] Grammarly". It doesn't do that fancy "make this text more professional" AI stuff like this or Grammarly can now do, but they offer a self-hosted version so you don't need to send everything you write to OpenAI. If all you want is a better spelling/grammar checker, I highly recommend it. [1] - https://github.com/languagetool-org…
You can also run your own local instance for the in-browser checking, which is handy for me as I need to be careful about sending text off to another company in another country (due to both client security requirements and personal paranoia!). You don't get the AI based extras like paraphrasing, and the other bits listed in as premium only ( https://languagetool.org/premium_new ), but if you install the n-gram DB for…
I've downloaded 'ngrams-en-20150817'. Please drop link that can teach me how to apply ngrams file.
Thanks.
Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly
#118I am building something similar to Grammarly as a personal project but quickly realized how hard it is to get data in 2024. Contemplating whether I should just resort to pirated data which is just sad.
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#119People really should stop calling a glorified openAI API as an open-source software.
Plan is to add local LLM support so goal is fully OSS, agree initial wording could have been better.
Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly
#120I have been using LanguageTool[1] for years as "an open source alternative to [old school] Grammarly". It doesn't do that fancy "make this text more professional" AI stuff like this or Grammarly can now do, but they offer a self-hosted version so you don't need to send everything you write to OpenAI. If all you want is a better spelling/grammar checker, I highly recommend it. [1] - https://github.com/languagetool-org…
There is also an alternative more lightweight self-hosted server in Rust, compatible with the official clients: https://github.com/cpg314/ltapiserv-rs