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| Fact | RedPen | textlint |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | The project lists integrations or packages for Atom, Emacs, Vim, WordPress, IntelliJ IDEA, Sublime Text, and Visual Studio Code. | The documentation lists integrations for editors including Visual Studio Code, Vim, Emacs, Atom, Sublime Text, micro, and NetBeans. |
| License | The project repository identifies its license as Apache-2.0. | The core project is released under the MIT license with copyright attributed to azu. |
| Purpose | RedPen is a proofreading tool for writers and programmers who write technical documents or manuals that must follow a writing standard. | textlint is a pluggable linting tool for natural language text. |
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RedPen suits technical writers and programmers who need configurable style or terminology checks. It is useful when documents move through supported markup formats, editors, command-line workflows, or APIs.
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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.