SAsaikatsg·Aug 23, 2026Submission
1 points · Open discussionvale-cli
vale
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vale
:pencil: A markup-aware linter for prose built with speed and extensibility in mind.
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:pencil: A markup-aware linter for prose built with speed and extensibility in mind.
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15 sourcesVale: A markup-aware linter for prose
1 points · Open discussionI was confused by the title because when my bubble talks about Vale they mean this:
https://github.com/errata-ai/vale
In Vale's first prototype for immutable region borrowingVale 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
In Common bugs in writing (2021)> Write in US English with US grammar. (Tested in British.yml.)
heh, that was funny but it turns out the file is a list of British words checked using Vale, which I just learned existed: https://github.com/errata-ai/vale#readme (MIT)
Also, another TIL is that the "e" version of gray is British https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/doc/.vale... I had previously erroneously assumed they were just one of those quirks of English (which, I guess is still true but it is less random than I thought)
In Just Simply – Stop saying how simple things are in our docsErrata-AI/vale: A syntax-aware linter for prose built with speed and extens
1 points · Open discussionblack but for prose would be Vale, https://github.com/errata-ai/vale
In Typography for Lawyers, 2nd Edition (2018)I'm fond of Vale, where you can write your own rules or grab others off github. I wish we could crowd source a grammarly clone using it. Some efforts have been made to do so, but didn't get far.
https://github.com/errata-ai/vale
https://github.com/testthedocs/Openly
In Language Tool – Open-source Grammarly alternativeThey don't mention that you can write the rules yourself and also pick and choose from existing rules from GitHub.
There is an attempt to build and open source version of Grammarly using vale rules here[1]. Rules are mainly regex based, but some target readability measures[2] or use parts of speech[3].
[1]: https://github.com/testthedocs/Openly
[2]: https://github.com/testthedocs/Openly/blob/master/Openly/Rea...
[3]: https://github.com/errata-ai/vale/issues/356
In Writing like a pro with Vale and NeovimVale: A syntax-aware linter for prose
6 points · Open discussionhttps://github.com/errata-ai/vale
Linters for prose exist.
In I wrote a script to automatically apply Grammarly correctionsI would recommend using Vale for linting prose in a text editor. It can approach grammarly like rules as well as handling spelling for technical documents fairly well.
https://github.com/errata-ai/vale
In How I Wrote My BookA syntax-aware linter for prose
3 points · Open discussionVale: A syntax-aware linter for prose written in go
2 points · Open discussion