Lingofy vs textlint
Lingofy
lingofy.comtextlint
textlint.orgSide by side
| Figure | Lingofy | textlint |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.17/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 10 | 2 |
| Spec score · Writing Style Checkers | 8.0 (#15) | 8.4 (#9) |
| Integrations | The maker lists Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Word, Outlook and PowerPoint among the supported applications. | The documentation lists integrations for editors including Visual Studio Code, Vim, Emacs, Atom, Sublime Text, micro, and NetBeans. |
| Support | Lingofy lists support by email at [email protected] and provides a knowledge base covering setup, installation, proofing and customization. | The project directs users to its documentation and community discussions, and asks users to open issues for bugs and feature requests. |
Plans
Lingofy
- Brazilian Portuguese$49.99 a year
- Spanish dictionary$49.99 a year
- Danish dictionary$89.99 a year
- New Norwegian dictionary$89.99 a year
- Norwegian Bokmål dictionary$89.99 a year
- Norwegian Riksmål dictionary$89.99 a year
- Plain Language Style Guide$89.99 a year
- StyleGuard with Financial Times Style Guide$89.99 a year
- Swedish dictionary$89.99 a year
- Plain Language for Adobe InDesign$349 a year
In their own words
Lingofy
Lingofy is a proofing and style system that checks writing against dictionaries, published references, and custom rules. Lingofy Manager lets users create, organize, and share entries, then combine them with references such as AP style. Proofing can flag inconsistent names, products, or titles and suggest clearer wording. Its AP offering combines AP Stylebook entries with Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition. A Plain Language guide based on U.S. government guidance provides usage, synonym, and sentence-structure suggestions. Listed integrations include Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Google Docs, and Adobe InDesign. A centralized engine supports shared rules across users, while the maker provides an API for content-management systems. Custom style guides, terminology management, brand voice rules, team workflow, and suggested rule actions are listed. Lingofy runs through API, extension, macOS, web, and Windows. Pricing starts at $69.99/user/yr; individual dictionary and guide plans are also listed.
textlint
textlint is a free, open-source tool for checking natural-language text against rules users install and configure. It parses text into an abstract syntax tree, evaluates that structure, and reports errors or warnings. Markdown and plain text are supported by default, while plugins can add HTML and other formats. The tool has no bundled default rules, so users need to select and set up the checks they want. Its CLI can automatically fix problems and produce output in multiple formats. The project lists integrations for Visual Studio Code, Vim, Emacs, Atom, Sublime Text, micro, and NetBeans, and text checks can run in GitHub Actions workflows for commits and pull requests. The CLI can also run as an MCP server, allowing AI assistants to lint and fix text using a project’s textlint configuration. For browser use, @textlint/editor is described as an offline text-linting extension. Developers can use the package’s high-level APIs to integrate textlint into applications. It requires Node.js 20 or later and is MIT-licensed.