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  1. harper

    Offline, privacy-first grammar checker. Fast, open-source, Rust-powered

    Open ticket about "don;t" typo, see https://github.com/Automattic/harper/issues/1559

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  3. languagetool

    Style and Grammar Checker for 25+ Languages

    +1. Also worth noting that both LanguageTool [0] and Harper [1] are FOSS.

    [0] https://languagetool.org/

    [1] https://writewithharper.com/

  4. LocalLanguageTool

    Self-hosted LanguageTool private instance is an offline alternative to Grammarly

    You can use a local instance of LanguageTool in a docker container for this:

    https://github.com/gardner/LocalLanguageTool

  5. Eloquent

    Your proofreading assistant (by sonnyp)

    There is also a readily installable Flatpak:

    https://github.com/sonnyp/Eloquent

    It is restricted by Flatpak (i.e. Control Groups and Namespaces):

       * No file-system access

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