macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install languagetoollocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install LanguageToolMacPorts ports tree · aqua/LanguageTool/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install languagetool with Homebrew, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper
Style and grammar checker. Version 6.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-13.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#languagetoolnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/la/languagetool/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S languagetoolArch Linux sync databases · languagetool · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install languagetoolopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · languagetool · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install languagetoolChocolatey community package catalog · languagetool · source: community.chocolatey.org
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install extras/languagetoolScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/languagetool.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Style and grammar checker
Project links
Commands and aliases
- languagetool
- languagetool-gui
- languagetool-server
history
Project history and usage
LanguageTool is an open-source proofreading system for grammar, style, and spelling checks across many languages, distributed as a Java application, server, HTTP API, browser/editor integrations, and package-manager builds.
Project history
LanguageTool's upstream repository describes it as proofreading software for English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, and more than 20 other languages, with checks that go beyond a simple spell checker. The project exposes both standalone tooling and a server/API surface, which made it reusable by editors, browser extensions, command-line wrappers, and language-specific clients.
The official roadmap records a long 1.x-to-6.x release train. Version 1.2 was released on 2011-01-02, version 2.0 on 2012-12-30, version 3.0 on 2015-06-29, version 4.0 on 2017-12-29, version 5.0 on 2020-06-27, and version 6.0 on 2022-12-29. Release-manager documentation states that in March 2025 LanguageTool switched to a snapshot-based release model.
Adoption history
LanguageTool's adoption is unusually broad for an open-source writing tool because it serves both end users and developers. It is packaged by Homebrew, Nix, MacPorts, Arch, Scoop, Chocolatey, and other ecosystems in the input facts, while the HTTP API and self-hosted server have made it a backend for editor plugins, browser integrations, CI checks, and third-party libraries.
The dev site maintains documentation for supported languages, plugin/add-on usage, LaTeX checking, n-gram data, the public HTTP server, and running a private server. That split between application, server, and API is the main reason package ecosystems carry it even when users never launch the GUI.
How it is used
Homebrew installs executables for the command-line checker, GUI, and server. Server users configure behavior with `server.properties`, while API users send text to the documented HTTP endpoints or run their own server for local/private checking.
Why package nerds care
For package nerds, LanguageTool is the canonical open-source grammar-checker package: big Java application, language-rule corpus, HTTP server, and enough downstream clients that packaging the core project unlocks many workflows. It is also a common comparison point for smaller tools such as `languagetool-rust` and editor-specific checkers.
Timeline
- 2011-01-02: Version 1.2 release recorded in the official roadmap.
- 2012-12-30: Version 2.0 release recorded in the official roadmap.
- 2015-06-29: Version 3.0 release recorded in the official roadmap.
- 2017-12-29: Version 4.0 release recorded in the official roadmap.
- 2020-06-27: Version 5.0 release recorded in the official roadmap.
- 2022-12-29: Version 6.0 release recorded in the official roadmap.
- 2025-03: Release-manager documentation says LanguageTool switched to a snapshot-based release model.
Related projects
- Related projects include LanguageTool browser and editor integrations, the LanguageTool HTTP API, n-gram data resources, and client libraries such as LanguageTool-Rust.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: orange
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service
Signals
- metadata:service
- text:server
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
server.properties
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
languagetool | cli | global executable | |
languagetool-gui | cli | global executable | |
languagetool-server | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version6.8
manager updated2026-06-13
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetoolnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:languagetool |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.8 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/languagetool |
| Homepage | https://www.languagetool.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool |
| Upstream docs | https://dev.languagetool.org/ |
| License | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool.git |
| Last updated | 2026-06-13T23:35:01+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | openjdk@17 |
| Build dependencies | maven |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | languagetool |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
languagetool
nix profile install nixpkgs#languagetool- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Languagetool
pacman95%
languagetool 6.6-2
An open source language checker
sudo pacman -S languagetool- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: any
- 1 dependencies
- 3 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Languagetool
zypper95%
languagetool 4.8-11.2
Style and Grammar Checker for 25+ Languages
sudo zypper install languagetool- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: languagetool
- 32 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Languagetool
zypper95%
languagetool-javadoc 4.8-11.2
Javadoc for languagetool
sudo zypper install languagetool-javadoc- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: languagetool
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Languagetool
zypper95%
languagetool-libs 4.8-11.2
Style and Grammar Checker for 25+ Languages (libraries)
sudo zypper install languagetool-libs- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: languagetool
- 3 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Languagetool
MacPorts95%
LanguageTool
sudo port install LanguageTool- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Languagetool
Chocolatey95%
languagetool
choco install languagetool- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Languagetool
Scoop95%
extras/languagetool
scoop install extras/languagetool- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Languagetool
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment