alex
5.4#26 in writing style checkersWebAPIExtension
Visitalex vs textlint
What both publish
| Fact | alex | textlint |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration | Users can configure Alex with .alexrc files or a package.json field, and can allow or deny specific rules. | Configuration can be stored in .textlintrc JSON, YAML, or JavaScript files, or in a package.json textlint field. |
| Integrations | The official site lists integrations for Atom, Sublime, Gulp, Slack, Ember, Probot, Vim, and Contentful. | The documentation lists integrations for editors including Visual Studio Code, Vim, Emacs, Atom, Sublime Text, micro, and NetBeans. |
| License | The GitHub repository identifies the project as open source and links to its MIT license. | The core project is released under the MIT license with copyright attributed to azu. |
| Purpose | Alex helps find gender favouring, polarising, race related, religion inconsiderate, and other unequal phrasing. | textlint is a pluggable linting tool for natural language text. |
alex plans
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textlint plans
- Open-source textlintFree
- textlintFree
Pick alex if…
It suits writers and development teams checking their own or others’ text. It is useful in project workflows that run writing checks alongside tests.
Pick textlint if…
textlint suits writers and developers who want configurable text checks in editors, command-line workflows, or applications. It is also an option for projects that want text checks in GitHub Actions or through an MCP server.