# languagetool mit Homebrew, chocolatey, Nix, pacman, zypper, MacPorts, scoop installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für languagetool in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:languagetool
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install languagetool
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install LanguageTool
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: aqua/LanguageTool/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#languagetool
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/la/languagetool/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S languagetool
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: languagetool from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install languagetool
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: languagetool from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install languagetool
```

  Evidenz: Chocolatey community package catalog: languagetool from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.7216','memprofiler'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/languagetool
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/languagetool.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:languagetool
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 6.8
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Style and grammar checker
- **Homepage:** <https://www.languagetool.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-13T23:35:01+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- languagetool (Alias)
- languagetool-gui (Alias)
- languagetool-server (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 6.8
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

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.

### Projektgeschichte

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.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

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.

### Wie es verwendet wird

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.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

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.

### Zeitleiste

- 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.

### Quellen

- <https://dev.languagetool.org/>
- <https://dev.languagetool.org/how-to-make-a-languagetool-release.html>
- <https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool>
- <https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool-org.github.io/blob/master/roadmap.md>
- <https://languagetool.org/http-api>


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** orange / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service


## 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

- Unix: server.properties
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - languagetool: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/la/languagetool/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - languagetool - 6.6-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: languagetool from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | An open source language checker | https://www.languagetool.org
- zypper - languagetool - 4.8-13.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: languagetool from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Style and Grammar Checker for 25+ Languages | https://languagetool.org
- zypper - languagetool-javadoc - 4.8-13.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: languagetool-javadoc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Javadoc for languagetool | https://languagetool.org
- zypper - languagetool-libs - 4.8-13.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: languagetool-libs from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Style and Grammar Checker for 25+ Languages (libraries) | https://languagetool.org
- MacPorts - LanguageTool: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: aqua/LanguageTool/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - languagetool: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: languagetool from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.7216','memprofiler'
- Scoop - extras/languagetool: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/languagetool.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/languagetool.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/languagetool.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph