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Text correction with Harper

Luiz recently received a recommendation about Harper , a new grammar checking tool developed by Automattic using Rust. The project's repository describes Harper as meeting the developer's specific requirements: it is the grammar checker that meets your needs, analyzing documents in milliseconds with minimal memory usage. Key features Fast performance: millisecond-level analysis Low memory usage:…

Dev.to reports that Harper, a new grammar checking tool developed by Automattic using Rust, has been recommended for its fast performance, low memory usage, complete privacy, and WebAssembly compatibility. Harper analyzes documents in milliseconds with less than 1/50 of the memory usage of LanguageTool, and runs locally without sending data to servers.

It is available for installation through extension stores for web browsers, Visual Studio Code, and Obsidian, and comprehensive documentation is available at writewithharper.com/docs/about.

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