vim-LanguageTool vs errant

vim-LanguageTool

A vim plugin for the LanguageTool grammar checker (by dpelle)

errant

ERRor ANnotation Toolkit: Automatically extract and classify grammatical errors in parallel original and corrected sentences. (by chrisjbryant)

Automatic Annotation grammatical-framework Classifier Evaluation

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vim-LanguageTool		errant
	Project
6	Mentions	2
275	Stars	410
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	4.5
3 months ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
Vim Script	Language	Python
-	License	MIT License

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vim-LanguageTool

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-LanguageTool. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-17.

Text Editor that supports spelling and grammar checking.
4 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 17 Dec 2022
Spellchecker that check for hard to detect mistakes? Like confusing quite vs quiet.
2 projects | /r/commandline | 20 Aug 2022

I do not think any spellchecker can do this, as a spellcheck is for checking only spelling. You probably is looking for grammar tools. I cannot say which is the best, but there is. e.g, this one: https://github.com/dpelle/vim-LanguageTool
Language Tool – open-source Grammarly Alternative
9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Jul 2022
How can I get a Grammer Checker on Vim?
1 project | /r/vim | 15 Mar 2022
:LanguageToolCheck outputs command to a new buffer instead of running
2 projects | /r/vim | 26 Oct 2021

I've been trying to utilize Vim to do more writing so I tried to install LanuageTool and a related vim plugin: https://github.com/dpelle/vim-LanguageTool/
The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 May 2021

Yes. You can build the command-line application Java Jar from that repo. I also combine it with vim (https://github.com/dpelle/vim-LanguageTool).

errant

Posts with mentions or reviews of errant. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-26.

Given the rise of LLMs, is a toolkit like ERRANT still relevant?
1 project | /r/LanguageTechnology | 10 Dec 2023

ERRANT automatically annotates parallel English sentences with error type information.
Language Tool – open-source Grammarly Alternative
9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Jul 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vim-LanguageTool and errant you can also consider the following projects:

ltex-ls - LTeX Language Server: LSP language server for LanguageTool :mag::heavy_check_mark: with support for LaTeX :mortar_board:, Markdown :pencil:, and others

vim-grammarous - A powerful grammar checker for Vim using LanguageTool.

languagetool - Style and Grammar Checker for 25+ Languages

nlprule - A fast, low-resource Natural Language Processing and Text Correction library written in Rust.

gpt-3-experiments - Test prompts for OpenAI's GPT-3 API and the resulting AI-generated texts.

Emacs-langtool - LanguageTool for Emacs

hunspell - The most popular spellchecking library.

THELEMA - My MSc thesis: a grammar induction system

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

prosemd-lsp - An experimental proofreading and linting language server for markdown files ✍️