Vale

Linting for prose.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Linter CLI for enforcing a specific writing style. It’s not prescriptive - there are lots of open styles used by the likes of Microsoft, Datadog, Spotify, Grafana, which you can use. Customize the configuration to define your own rules. Works on formats like Markdown, HTML, AsciiDoc, code comments. Various editor plugins e.g. VS Code, Obsidian, Vim.

Tradeoffs

It’s designed for text files - great if that’s where you’re writing, such as for technical documentation, but there’s no support for other common editors like Google Docs or Word.

Is Vale a fit?

Based on Console’s review published on 2023-09-21. Summary updated .

Who it’s for

Developers writing technical documentation should consider this tool

Why consider it

It allows customization of writing style rules

Keep in mind

It lacks support for common editors like Google Docs or Word

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