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Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

#91

I made the same thing, but it works without ChatGPT key: https://github.com/nucleartux/ai-grammar/

That looks pretty neat, how well does the gemini nano model work for this? Is it just picking up spelling errors or also looking things like punctuation?

Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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I 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 your language (https://languagetool.org/download/ngram-data/) I found it at least as good as, for some examples better than, Grammarly's free offering last time I did a comparison.

Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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post #28

I 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…

This! And what's more - it doesn't funnel all what I type to OpenAI so I'd say it's more FOSS than this extension…

And if you are in a regulatory environment (or elsewhere where data exfiltration paranoia is part of your daily work life), you can install your own instance of the service (sans premium features) and not send your text anywhere outside infrastructure you control.

Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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post #91

I made the same thing, but it works without ChatGPT key: https://github.com/nucleartux/ai-grammar/

That looks pretty neat, how well does the gemini nano model work for this? Is it just picking up spelling errors or also looking things like punctuation?

It actually works pretty well. It fixes all grammar mistakes and punctuation and changes words if they don’t fit. The only downside is that, because it’s a very small model, it sometimes produces completely nonsensical or incomplete responses. I haven’t figured out how to fix this yet.

You can have a look at the screenshots in the repository or on the store page.

Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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>Important: This extension requires an OpenAI API key to function. You need to provide your own API key in the extension settings. Please visit OpenAI to obtain an API key.

Obviously not important enough to put in the title, or a submission statement here, though. Curious.

Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

#96

How does this compare to https://languagetool.org , which is also open source? I'm not sure what kind of AI Languagetool uses but it works really well!

LanguageTool is not open source; it is open core. There are proprietary "premium rules," and you won't get them in a self-hosted version.

Self hosted & open core seems distinctly better than an open wrapper around a black box core that's hosted by a 3rd party.

Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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After years with Grammarly, I wanted a simpler, cheaper way to improve my writing. So I built Scramble, a Chrome extension that uses an LLM for writing enhancements. Key features: - Uses your OpenAI API key (100% local) - Pre-defined prompts for various improvements - Highlight text and wait for suggestions - Currently fixed to GPT-4-turbo Future plans: add LLM provider/model choice, custom prompts, bug fixes, and im…

> Key features: - Uses your OpenAI API key (100% local) Sorry, but we have a fundamental disagreement on terms here. Sending requests to OpenAI is not 100% local. The OpenAI API is not free or open source. By your definition, if you used the Grammarly API for this extension it would be a 100% local, open source alternative to Grammarly too.

Agree, I want to add a local LLM set up. The wording there isn't great.

Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

#99

After years with Grammarly, I wanted a simpler, cheaper way to improve my writing. So I built Scramble, a Chrome extension that uses an LLM for writing enhancements. Key features: - Uses your OpenAI API key (100% local) - Pre-defined prompts for various improvements - Highlight text and wait for suggestions - Currently fixed to GPT-4-turbo Future plans: add LLM provider/model choice, custom prompts, bug fixes, and im…

Does it work in "not a browser" though? Because that's the last place I need this, I really want this in Typora, VS Code, etc. instead.

Not right now. Looking into a mac app. This was just a quick and dirty first go at it.

Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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post #57

After years with Grammarly, I wanted a simpler, cheaper way to improve my writing. So I built Scramble, a Chrome extension that uses an LLM for writing enhancements. Key features: - Uses your OpenAI API key (100% local) - Pre-defined prompts for various improvements - Highlight text and wait for suggestions - Currently fixed to GPT-4-turbo Future plans: add LLM provider/model choice, custom prompts, bug fixes, and im…

Rookie question: the openAPI endpoint costs extra right? Not something that comes with chatGPT or chatGPT+.

Correct but I'm going to loom into a locally running LLM so it would be free.
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