write-good

Spec sheet

Purpose

write-good describes itself as a naive linter for English prose.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Audience

The README describes the tool as being for developers who want to improve their writing.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Integrations

The project README lists integrations for Atom, Drafts, Obsidian, Visual Studio Code, Vim, Chrome, and Statick.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security

The opened repository page shows a Security and quality section but states no security or compliance features in the README.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support

The README asks users to open a pull request to add unlisted write-good extensions.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The repository identifies the project as MIT licensed.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Activity

The repository commit history shows a latest listed commit dated March 10, 2025.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Checks

Built-in checks cover passive voice, repeated words, sentence-opening phrases, weasel words, adverbs, wordiness, clichés, and to-be verbs.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

CLI

The command-line tool can lint glob patterns, text supplied directly, or text fetched from a remote file.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Customization

Users can disable checks, whitelist phrases, and supply custom checks.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Docker

The README documents running write-good using a Docker Hub image or a locally built image.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Language extensions

The README lists schreib-gut as a basic German-language extension.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Requirements

The package metadata specifies Node.js version 6 or later and npm version 5 or later.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Suggestions

Its JavaScript function accepts a string and returns an array of writing suggestions.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

Every write-good plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Writing Style Checkers#26 of 297.1