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Install textidote with Homebrew, Nix

Spelling, grammar and style checking on LaTeX documents. Version 0.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#textidote.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install textidote

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Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#textidote

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/te/textidote/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Spelling, grammar and style checking on LaTeX documents

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textidote

history

Project history and usage

TeXtidote is a Java command-line correction tool for LaTeX and Markdown documents. Its niche is preserving positions from marked-up source while sending cleaned text to LanguageTool, so grammar and style messages can be mapped back to the original file.

Project history

The public repository began in June 2018 with early commits for annotated strings, linter rules, and LanguageTool integration. The project was renamed TeXtidote in the first week of development and published its v0.1 tag on 2018-06-14.

The README and project website describe TeXtidote as solving the problem that ordinary grammar checkers cannot distinguish LaTeX markup from prose. Later releases added report formats, dictionaries, rule ignoring, replacement files, and a `.textidote` configuration file for repeated command-line options.

Adoption history

TeXtidote was distributed as a JAR and Debian package before appearing in Unix package-manager catalogs such as Homebrew and Nix. Its release history shows frequent 2018-2019 iteration, a 2021 maintenance line around LanguageTool upgrades, and a 2026 v0.9 release that incorporated several years of fixes.

How it is used

Users run TeXtidote from the terminal against `.tex` or Markdown input and choose HTML, plain console, or single-line output. The single-line form is especially useful in editor integrations and CI-style checks because every warning is emitted as a parseable line with file and source position.

Why package nerds care

For package-manager users, TeXtidote is a compact example of a JVM-based CLI wrapped for Unix workflows: a single executable command, shell completions, Debian packaging, and a dotfile config. It matters most to LaTeX-heavy developers who want LanguageTool-style checking without flattening source files by hand.

Timeline

2018-06-11: First public commits
2018-06-14: v0.1 tag
2018-06-15: Project renamed to TeXtidote
2019-08-05: v0.8 tag
2021-12-16: v0.8.3 tag with LanguageTool 5.6 work
2026-03-25: v0.9 release published

Related projects

LanguageTool supplies the spelling, grammar, and style engine used after TeXtidote cleans markup.
Aspell local dictionaries are supported for ignored words in LaTeX workflows.
PaperShell is mentioned by the README as an environment that can produce local Aspell dictionaries consumed by TeXtidote.

Sources

Official git tags and commit history from https://github.com/sylvainhalle/textidote
https://github.com/sylvainhalle/textidote/blob/master/Readme.md
https://github.com/sylvainhalle/textidote/releases
https://sylvainhalle.github.io/textidote

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: .textidote

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`textidote`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version0.9

manager updated

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:textidote
Version	0.9
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://sylvainhalle.github.io/textidote
Repository	https://github.com/sylvainhalle/textidote
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

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Nix95%

textidote

nix profile install nixpkgs#textidote

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Matched by: Textidote

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

source trail

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Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/textidote.yml

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