privacyguides.org/docs/language-tools.md

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title: "Language Tools"
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description: These language tools do not send your input text to a server and can be used offline and self-hosted.
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<small>Protects against the following threat(s):</small>

- [:material-server-network: Service Providers](basics/common-threats.md#privacy-from-service-providers){ .pg-teal }
- [:material-account-cash: Surveillance Capitalism](basics/common-threats.md#surveillance-as-a-business-model){ .pg-brown }

Text inputted to grammar, spelling, and style checkers, as well as translation services, can contain sensitive information which may be stored on their servers for an indefinite amount of time and sold to third parties. The language tools listed on this page do not store your submitted text to a server, and can be self-hosted and used offline for maximum control of your data.

## LTeX for VS Code

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![LTeX logo](assets/img/language-tools/ltex-for-vscode.svg){ align=right }

**LTeX** is a multilingual grammar, style, and spell checker for VS Code (or VSCodium) that supports more than 20 languages. It uses the open-source [LanguageTool](https://languagetool.org) spell checker on the backend to check against not just dictionary spelling, but thousands of grammar rules and stylistic errors.

[:material-microsoft-visual-studio-code: VS Code Extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=valentjn.vscode-ltex){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-info-16:](https://valentjn.github.io/ltex/index.html){ .card-link title="Documentation" }
[:octicons-code-16:](https://github.com/valentjn/vscode-ltex){ .card-link title="Source Code" }

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## Criteria

**Please note we are not affiliated with any of the projects we recommend.** In addition to [our standard criteria](about/criteria.md), we have developed a clear set of requirements to allow us to provide objective recommendations. We suggest you familiarize yourself with this list before choosing to use a project, and conduct your own research to ensure it's the right choice for you.

- Must be open source.
- Must run completely offline.