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Re:Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly by smartmic on Monday July 14, 2025 @03:25AM (#44557341)
Worth to mention as another alternative: Harper[0]

[0]: https://writewithharper.com/

Re:Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly by patrakov on Monday July 14, 2025 @03:44AM (#44557433)
Harper is so basic that I can't recommend it.

Does not catch a singular/plural discrepancy between the subject and the verb in a sentence--a common mistake when the expressed thought applies equally to one thing or to many things.

Does not catch a missed indefinite article--a common mistake for speakers of languages that don't have articles. Similarly, does not catch the use of the indefinite article for a thing already mentioned before.

Does not even catch the obvious "don;t" typo.

Re:Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly by clay10 on Monday July 14, 2025 @09:52AM (#44560283)
Have you raised these as issues? The developer has been extremely responsive in my experience.

I use Harper in my Neovim setup and its been great. I just add things that are missing from the dictionary when I come across them in my codebase

Re:Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly by speckx on Monday July 14, 2025 @04:46PM (#44565046)
Open ticket about "don;t" typo, see https://github.com/Automattic/harper/issues/1559
Re:Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly by patrakov on Monday July 14, 2025 @05:38PM (#44565657)
That's mine! And it's already fixed; I am indeed amazed by the developer's responsiveness.