vale VS write-good

For a more-classic, more-human experience (i.e., computer flags potential issues, you decide and correct if necessary) there are proselint and vale.sh.

https://github.com/amperser/proselint

https://vale.sh/

Surprised coming into this that I don't see anyone mentioning vale[0]. I've been using it for ~4 years now and love it.

I use grammarly briefly when it came out and liked the idea. Admittedly it has more polish than vale for people writing in google docs, &c. Still, I stick with Vale. Is there any case for moving to Harper?

[0] https://vale.sh/

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

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.

If you're using markdown, as a shameless plug, ThiefMD supports basic grammar checking, spell check, and English linting (passive voice detection, weasel words).

I like to use write-good[0] - it takes a glob and prints suggestions to stdout.

[0]: https://github.com/btford/write-good

write-good

btford/write-good – A naive linter for English prose.

Like most markdown editors, we have typewriter scrolling, focus mode, and live preview. Code Blocks support syntax highlighting for a majority of languages. We also have a selection of themes and support CSS for export formatting. Some of our secret sauce includes write-good suggestions based on btford's write-good, which we ported to Vala.