vale
:pencil: A markup-aware linter for prose built with speed and extensibility in mind. (by errata-ai)
markdownlint
Repository for the markdownlint-mdl-action Github Action (by actionshub)
| vale | markdownlint | |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 1 | |
| 4,752 | 24 | |
| 1.6% | - | |
| 9.0 | 4.5 | |
| 3 days ago | over 1 year ago | |
| Go | Shell | |
| MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
vale
Posts with mentions or reviews of vale.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-09-17.
- Vale: A markup-aware linter for prose
- Three shell scripts to improve your writing
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Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly
In 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
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FIXME Please: An Exercise in TODO Linters
Vale is a code prose checker. It takes a more opinionated approach to editorial style, and thus can require lots of tuning, but it is very extensible. Let’s have it check for TODOs. Run trunk check enable vale to get started.
- Software Technical Writing: A Guidebook [pdf]
- Grammarly editor writing service are malfunctioning
- Vale.sh – A Linter for Prose
- Ask HN: Best tool to proof-read technical documentation?
- Val, a high-level systems programming language
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Common Bugs in Writing
Vale is an OSS tool that you can use as a "prose linter" with many of these rules. You can also write your own rules. Together with a spellchecker its a good replacement for proprietary tools like grammarly.
- https://github.com/errata-ai/vale
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 2021-08-31.
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Building a Documentation Workflow in Rails
Markdownlint action
What are some alternatives?
When comparing vale and markdownlint you can also consider the following projects:
remark-lint - plugins to check (lint) markdown code style
project-bot - :octocat: Automatically add and move Issues/Pull Requests on a Project board
markdownlint - Markdown lint tool
vale-action - :octocat: The official GitHub Action for Vale -- install, manage, and run Vale with ease.
write-good - Naive linter for English prose
github-action-perl-dist-zilla - An experimental GitHub Action for Perl's Dist::Zilla