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Syntax-aware linter for prose. Version 3.17.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#vale.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install vale

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install vale

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/vale/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add vale

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · vale · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#vale

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S vale

Arch Linux sync databases · vale · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install vale

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · vale · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install vale

Chocolatey community package catalog · vale · source: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/vale

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/vale.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id errata-ai.Vale -e

Windows Package Manager source index · errata-ai.Vale · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Syntax-aware linter for prose

Commands and aliases

  • vale

history

Project history and usage

Vale is an open-source command-line prose linter written in Go. It brings code-linting patterns to documentation and editorial style checking, with configurable YAML rules, packageable style guides, and markup-aware parsing.

Project history

Vale's GitHub releases go back to v0.1.0 in February 2017. The modern repository describes Vale as a fast, cross-platform command-line tool for code-like linting of prose, and the official documentation clarifies that it is not a general-purpose grammar checker.

The project evolved from a CLI into a small ecosystem. The official docs list the main `vale` CLI repository, `vale-ls` as an LSP implementation for the CLI, and `vale.sh` as the website and documentation project.

Adoption history

Vale's adoption has been strongest in documentation, developer-education, and technical-writing repositories where style-guide enforcement needs to run in local editors and CI. The docs list integrations for CircleCI, GitHub Actions, pre-commit, JetBrains IDEs, Obsidian, Oxygen XML, Sublime Text, Neovim, VS Code, Qt Creator, and Zed.

The input shows broad package-manager reach across Alpine, Homebrew, Chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, winget, and openSUSE. The official installation docs also point to GitHub release binaries, Docker images, and community-maintained package repositories.

How it is used

A typical Vale setup has a `.vale.ini` file, a StylesPath directory, and documents to lint. The docs describe CLI commands such as `sync`, `ls-config`, `ls-dirs`, `--config`, `--glob`, `--output`, and exit codes suitable for CI failure.

Vale's package system lets projects share, extend, sync, and update configurations. Official docs describe packages as zip files or directories containing a `.vale.ini`, a StylesPath folder, or both, with official Package Explorer names, URLs, local zip files, and local directories accepted as package sources.

Vale's markup awareness is central to its use: the README says it understands many markup formats so it can avoid syntax-related false positives and exclude code snippets from prose rules. The docs describe supported markup formats such as Markdown, AsciiDoc, and reStructuredText.

Why package nerds care

Vale matters to package nerds because it turns prose quality checks into a normal CLI dependency. It is easy to pin in Homebrew, winget, Chocolatey, Docker, pre-commit, or CI, and it avoids forcing every documentation repository to install a language runtime just to lint text.

It also brings package-manager thinking to style guides themselves: packages, StylesPath, vocabularies, and synced external styles make editorial policy behave like versioned dependencies.

Timeline

  • 2017: v0.1.0 GitHub release is published.
  • 2021: v2.10.3 appears in the older release page range.
  • 2026: v3.13.0 adds tree-sitter support for Java source-code files.
  • 2026: v3.14.0 adds Dasel v3 support.

Related projects

  • vale-ls provides Language Server Protocol support for the Vale CLI.
  • GitHub Actions, pre-commit, VS Code, Neovim, and other editor/CI integrations make Vale part of documentation workflows.
  • External style packages such as Google, Microsoft, and write-good-style rules are part of the ecosystem Vale can enforce.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for vale. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

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Configuration files

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

Unix
.vale.ini

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
valeexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version3.17.0
manager updated2026-07-31
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:vale
Version3.17.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://vale.sh/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/vale-cli/vale
Last updated2026-07-31T20:11:01Z
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

vale

nix profile install nixpkgs#vale
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vale
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/va/vale/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

vale 3.15.2-r0

A markup-aware linter for prose built with speed and extensibility in mind

https://vale.sh/

sudo apk add vale
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: vale
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vale
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vale from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

vale-doc 3.15.2-r0

A markup-aware linter for prose built with speed and extensibility in mind (documentation)

https://vale.sh/

sudo apk add vale-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: vale
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vale
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vale-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

vale 3.17.0-1

A markup-aware linter for prose built with speed and extensibility in mind

https://vale.sh

sudo pacman -S vale
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vale
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: vale from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

vale 3.17.0-1.1

CLI tool to lint text with extensible markup format support

https://github.com/errata-ai/vale

sudo zypper install vale
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Productivity/Text/Utilities
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: vale
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vale
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vale from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

vale

sudo port install vale
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vale
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/vale/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Chocolatey95%

vale

choco install vale
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vale
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: vale from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','unikey'
Scoop95%

main/vale

scoop install main/vale
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vale
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/vale.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

errata-ai.Vale

winget install --id errata-ai.Vale -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vale
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: errata-ai.Vale from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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