scramble

Open-Source Grammarly Alternative

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Open-Source Grammarly Alternative

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Observed mentions: 2024-09-18 02:59:34 UTC to 2024-09-18 09:50:55 UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Submissions	Comments
Sep 18, 02:00	2024-09-18 02:00:00 UTC	2024-09-18 03:00:00 UTC	2	1	1
Sep 18, 03:00	2024-09-18 03:00:00 UTC	2024-09-18 04:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Sep 18, 04:00	2024-09-18 04:00:00 UTC	2024-09-18 05:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Sep 18, 05:00	2024-09-18 05:00:00 UTC	2024-09-18 06:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Sep 18, 06:00	2024-09-18 06:00:00 UTC	2024-09-18 07:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Sep 18, 07:00	2024-09-18 07:00:00 UTC	2024-09-18 08:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Sep 18, 08:00	2024-09-18 08:00:00 UTC	2024-09-18 09:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Sep 18, 09:00	2024-09-18 09:00:00 UTC	2024-09-18 10:00:00 UTC	1	0	1

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milansuk·Sep 18, 2024

> It doesn't do that fancy "make this text more professional" I looked into the Scramble code[0] and it seems there are few pre-defined prompts(const DEFAULT_PROMPTS). [0] https://github.com/zlwaterfield/scramble/blob/main/backgroun...

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TheDong·Sep 18, 2024

Code is only copyrightable if it has any element of creativity. This repo is _only_ really 7 sentences, like "Please correct spelling mistakes in the following text: " (these https://github.com/zlwaterfield/scramble/blob/2c1d9ebbd6b935...) Everything else is uncreative, and possibly un-copyrightable, boilerplate to send those sentences to OpenAI. All of the creative software happens on OpenAI's servers using proprietary code.

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zlwaterfield·Sep 18, 2024Submission

Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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zlwaterfield·Sep 18, 2024

After years with Grammarly, I wanted a simpler, cheaper way to improve my writing. So I built Scramble, a Chrome extension that uses an LLM for writing enhancements. Key features: - Uses your OpenAI API key (100% local) - Pre-defined prompts for various improvements - Highlight text and wait for suggestions - Currently fixed to GPT-4-turbo Future plans: add LLM provider/model choice, custom prompts, bug fixes, and improve default prompts. It's probably buggy, but I'll keep improving it. Feedback welcome. GitHub: https://github.com/zlwaterfield/scramble

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