macOS
brew install aspelllocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install aspellMacPorts ports tree · textproc/aspell/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für aspell in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install aspelllocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install aspellMacPorts ports tree · textproc/aspell/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo apk add aspellAlpine Linux edge package indexes · aspell · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo apt install aspellDebian stable package indexes · aspell · Quelle: deb.debian.org
sudo dnf install aspellFedora Rawhide package metadata · aspell · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#aspellnixpkgs package indexes · aspell · Quelle: raw.githubusercontent.com
sudo pacman -S aspellArch Linux sync databases · aspell · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo zypper install aspellopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · aspell · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
scoop install main/aspellScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/aspell.json · Quelle: api.github.com
Überblick
Spell checker with better logic than ispell
Verlauf
GNU Aspell is a GNU spell checker by Kevin Atkinson, designed as a replacement for Ispell and usable either as a library or as an independent command-line spell checker. Its manual emphasizes better replacement suggestions, UTF-8 document checking without special dictionaries, locale awareness, multiple dictionaries, and safer handling of personal dictionaries across concurrent processes.
The official manual identifies Aspell as a spell checker intended to eventually replace Ispell. Savannah lists GNU Aspell as official GNU software, names Kevin Atkinson as group admin, and records the project registration date as 23 November 2001.
Aspell's project history is also a history of Unix spell-checker interfaces. The manual documents command-line use, an Ispell compatibility mode, integration with applications such as Emacs, XEmacs, Vim, Pine, and Enchant-based applications, plus C API and pipe-based interfaces for programs that embed or drive spell checking.
The manual copyright range runs from 2000 to 2026 and the generated manual title identifies version 0.60.8.2, showing a mature maintenance line rather than a rapid-release CLI.
The Homebrew input records Aspell across apk, Homebrew, Debian, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, Scoop, Ubuntu, and zypper. That is broad cross-platform packaging for a traditional Unix text utility, helped by its GNU status and its use as a backend for editors and other applications.
Aspell's adoption came from both interactive command-line use and library/backend use. The manual's comparison to Ispell and Hunspell positions it as part of the lineage of spell-checking engines available to editors, mail clients, and text-processing tools.
Users can run `aspell` directly for spell-checking files, use it as an Ispell replacement, call it through a pipe protocol, or link to its C API. Companion utilities in the package handle dictionary import, compressed word lists, and prezip/preunzip workflows.
Configuration can come from command-line options, global and personal configuration files, or the `ASPELL_CONF` environment variable. The manual says the personal file is normally `.aspell.conf` in `HOME`, while the global file is normally `aspell.conf` under an `etc` directory such as `/usr/etc` or `/usr/local/etc`.
Aspell is classic package-manager territory: a small CLI, a library, dictionaries and word-list tooling, editor integrations, and a global/personal configuration story. It often matters less as a visible app than as the spell-checking engine another package expects.
Its continued packaging across Unix-like systems and Windows package managers makes it a useful compatibility target for scripts and editor setups that predate newer spell-checking backends.
Sicherheitslage
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local files
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Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
~/.aspell.conf/usr/local/etc/aspell.conf/usr/etc/aspell.confExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
aspell | cli | globales Executable | |
aspell-import | cli | globales Executable | |
precat | cli | globales Executable | |
preunzip | cli | globales Executable | |
prezip | cli | globales Executable | |
prezip-bin | cli | globales Executable | |
pspell-config | cli | globales Executable | |
run-with-aspell | cli | globales Executable | |
word-list-compress | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:aspell |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.60.8.2 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/aspell |
| Homepage | http://aspell.net/ |
| Repository | https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/aspell.git |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | http://aspell.net/man-html/Introduction.html |
| Lizenz | LGPL-2.1-only |
| Quellarchiv | https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/aspell-0.60.8.2.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-07-10T14:58:19-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken | ncurses |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | aspell |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
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aspell 0.60.8.1-4
GNU Aspell spell-checker
sudo apt install aspellaspell-doc 0.60.8.1-4
Documentation for GNU Aspell spell-checker
sudo apt install aspell-doclibaspell-dev 0.60.8.1-4
Development files for applications with GNU Aspell support
sudo apt install libaspell-devlibaspell15 0.60.8.1-4
GNU Aspell spell-checker runtime library
sudo apt install libaspell15libpspell-dev 0.60.8.1-4
Development files for applications with pspell support
sudo apt install libpspell-devaspell
nix profile install nixpkgs#aspellaspell 0.60.8.1-1build1
GNU Aspell spell-checker
sudo apt install aspellaspell-doc 0.60.8.1-1build1
Documentation for GNU Aspell spell-checker
sudo apt install aspell-doclibaspell-dev 0.60.8.1-1build1
Development files for applications with GNU Aspell support
sudo apt install libaspell-devlibaspell15 0.60.8.1-1build1
GNU Aspell spell-checker runtime library
sudo apt install libaspell15libpspell-dev 0.60.8.1-1build1
Development files for applications with pspell support
sudo apt install libpspell-devaspell 0.60.8.2-r0
A spell checker designed to eventually replace Ispell
sudo apk add aspellaspell-compat 0.60.8.2-r0
aspell compatibility scripts for ispell and unix spell
sudo apk add aspell-compataspell-dev 0.60.8.2-r0
A spell checker designed to eventually replace Ispell (development files)
sudo apk add aspell-devaspell-doc 0.60.8.2-r0
A spell checker designed to eventually replace Ispell (documentation)
sudo apk add aspell-docaspell-lang 0.60.8.2-r0
Languages for package aspell
sudo apk add aspell-langQuellspur
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