CSpell: spell checker for code, README overview
The README presents CSpell as a spell checker aimed at source code, packaged as a command-line tool and libraries.
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Source: https://github.com/streetsidesoftware/cspell
What it supplies: The README presents CSpell as a spell checker aimed at source code, packaged as a command-line tool and libraries.
Useful for: - Spell check code and documentation from the command line or CI.
- Use the ESLint plugin or VS Code extension for editor checks.
First action: - Read the getting-started documentation.
- Use cspell-cli to run it straight from GitHub if needed.
Prerequisites and limits: The README table pairs cspell 10.x with Node 22.18.x and 9.x with Node 20.x.
- Older versions are paid support only, and 9.x free support ends 2026-10-01.
- Install and usage steps are in the documentation, which was not read.
The README text read does not state the licence, so check the repository licence file.
Written from the README text only. Statements are as the README gives them; nothing was installed or run.
Based on intro, documentation, packages, versions and related packages README text; other sections were not read. Nothing was installed or run.
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