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Harper – an open-source alternative to Grammarly

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645 points ReadCarlBarks | 1 comments | 20 Jun 25 19:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.254s | source
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loughnane ◴[21 Jun 25 15:30 UTC] No.44338311[source]▶
Surprised coming into this that I don't see anyone mentioning vale[0]. I've been using it for ~4 years now and love it.

I use grammarly briefly when it came out and liked the idea. Admittedly it has more polish than vale for people writing in google docs, &c. Still, I stick with Vale. Is there any case for moving to Harper?

[0] https://vale.sh/

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1. WhyNotHugo ◴[21 Jun 25 17:40 UTC] No.44339285[source]▶
Vale requires a lot of tweaking, and I’ve never been able to get a rule set with which I’m happy.

It’s missing a default rule set with rules that are generally okay without being too opinionated.