| Tool | Extensible | Checks | Supports Markup |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vale | Yes (via YAML) | spelling, style | Yes (Markdown, AsciiDoc, reStructuredText) |
| textlint | Yes (via JavaScript) | spelling, style | Yes (Markdown, AsciiDoc, reStructuredText, Re:VIEW) |
| RedPen | Yes (via Java) | spelling, style | Yes (Markdown, AsciiDoc, reStructuredText, Textile, LaTeX) |
| Rousseau | Yes (via JavaScript) | spelling, style | No |
| write-good | No | style | No |
| proselint | No | style | No |
| Joblint | No | style | No |
| alex | No | style | Yes (Markdown) |
| LanguageTool | Yes (via Java) | spelling, style, grammar | No |
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Could you do an update to this with the newer linters?