streetsidesoftware/cspell
A Spell Checker for Code! observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 6.5
- age_days: 3517
- days_rel: 8
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 53
Adoption not part of the score
1679 stars · 125 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
CSpell is a fast, pure-JavaScript spell checker designed specifically for source code, available as a CLI tool, library, VS Code extension, and ESLint plugin. It supports dozens of programming and human languages, custom dictionaries, and configuration via cspell. files.
Use cases
- spell check my codebase from the command line
- catch typos in documentation and comments in CI
- add a spell checker to my VS Code setup
- lint spelling errors in a monorepo with thousands of files
- add custom project dictionaries for domain-specific terms
- run spell checking in a GitHub Actions pipeline
When to choose
- you need spell checking tuned for code identifiers and comments
- you want a pure JS tool with no external binaries or web services
- you need CI/CD, editor, and ESLint integration from one tool
- you need custom dictionaries and multi-language support
Facets
library · maturity active
linter cli developer-tools developer-tools text-editors documentation cli cross-platform editor-plugin spell-checker code-quality ci-cd dictionaries vscode-extension eslint-plugin command-line nodejs
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/streetsidesoftware/cspell · fetched 2026-08-28 · 42555b9892ef
- homepage: https://cspell.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9e235138efd2
- site_page: https://cspell.org/docs/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2697552d86d2
- site_page: https://cspell.org/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · edf97e9c331e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| streetsidesoftware/cspell | main | 99 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="streetsidesoftware/cspell")
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