proselint VS markdownlint

Compare proselint vs markdownlint and see what are their differences.

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proselint markdownlint
9 2
4,266 1,688
0.4% 1.2%
4.2 6.4
2 months ago 3 months ago
Python Ruby
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License MIT License
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proselint

Posts with mentions or reviews of proselint. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-27.
  • Writing like a pro with vale & neovim
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 27 May 2022
    You can try proselint, which also has built-in support in null-ls. Its LaTeX support isn't perfect, but it's workable.
  • Help with autocompletion for prose writing.
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 5 May 2022
    Something like grammar-guard, proselint and/or language-tool?
  • Grammar checker for scientific writing
    9 projects | /r/emacs | 17 Dec 2021
    Yep, though there's not a lot to see! Follow the instructions for installing proselint at https://github.com/amperser/proselint and configure as follows:
  • Is there a reliable Grammarly package for Emacs?
    5 projects | /r/emacs | 9 Nov 2021
    Vale uses a customizable grammar checker, and you can download some open-source configurations to start working with from the link above. Then, you just need to add something like below to your Emacs configuration: (flycheck-define-checker vale "A prose linter" :command ("vale" "--output" "line" source) :standard-input nil :error-patterns ((error line-start (file-name) ":" line ":" column ":" (id (one-or-more (not (any ":")))) ":" (message) line-end)) :modes (markdown-mode org-mode text-mode) ) (add-to-list 'flycheck-checkers 'vale 'append) (setq flycheck-vale-executable "/usr/local/bin/vale") It looks like you can do something similar with Proselint, which looks wonderful and I have been meaning to try using in my day-to-day: https://unconj.ca/blog/linting-prose-in-emacs.html .
  • Markdown Linting
    9 projects | dev.to | 19 Aug 2021
    proselint
  • Setting up VIM for blogging
    13 projects | dev.to | 23 Apr 2021
    Full list here. Since the tool is a linter, it sounds like it should work with language servers. I use CoC.nvim for LSP features. Thankfully some smart guys have figured out how to make proselint work with coc.nvim & coc-diagnostic (see here). Now it works for my blog posts just like clangd does for my C++ code.
    13 projects | dev.to | 23 Apr 2021
    Proselint is not a VIM plugin. It is a separate tool described as a linter of English prose. Here are some of its features:
  • novelWriter 1.0
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Jan 2021
    You're looking for proselint. https://github.com/amperser/proselint

markdownlint

Posts with mentions or reviews of markdownlint. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-19.
  • Markdown Linting
    9 projects | dev.to | 19 Aug 2021
    markdownlint is a node.js markdown linter that is easy to install and easy to customize. It is based on an earlier Ruby tool, also called markdownlint. Both are great, but the Node.js tool is easy to install and easy to customize.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing proselint and markdownlint you can also consider the following projects:

vim-pencil - Rethinking Vim as a tool for writing

vale - :pencil: A markup-aware linter for prose built with speed and extensibility in mind.

write-good - Naive linter for English prose

novelWriter - novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels. It supports a minimal markdown-like syntax for formatting text. It is written with Python 3 (3.8+) and Qt 5 (5.10+) for cross-platform support.

lsp-grammarly - lsp-mode ❤️ grammarly

coc-diagnostic - diagnostic-languageserver extension for coc.nvim

vale-styles - Checks for Vale based on popular style guides

lsp-ltex - lsp-mode ❤️ LTEX

vim-wordy - Uncover usage problems in your writing

alex - Catch insensitive, inconsiderate writing