CSpell

The CSpell mono-repo, a spell checker for code.

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Documentation

Documentation - CSpell

Third-Party Video Presentations

Some videos related to CSpell and the Code Spell Checker for VS Code.

Spell Checking Documentation in DevOps Pipelines by Houssem Dellai
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How to Use VS Code Spell Checker - Detailed walkthrough to setup and use multiple languages
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Packages

cspell – cspell command-line application
@cspell/eslint-plugin – CSpell ESLint Plugin
cspell-bundled-dicts – collection of dictionaries bundled with cspell.
cspell-glob – glob library.
cspell-io – i/o library.
cspell-lib – cspell library used for code driven spelling checking (used by the application).
cspell-types – cspell types and JSON schema for cspell configuration files.
cspell-tools – tool used to compile dictionaries.
cspell-trie-lib – trie data structure used to store words.
cspell-trie – trie data tool used to store words.
hunspell-reader – reads Hunspell files and outputs words.

cspell-cli – cspell-cli is useful for including cspell directly from GitHub.

Example install: npm install -g git+https://github.com/streetsidesoftware/cspell-cli.

This will add the cspell-cli command, which is an alias of the cspell command.

Live Discussions

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cspell.zulipchat.com

RFCs

Link	Description	Status
rfc-0001	Fixing common misspellings	Done
rfc-0002	Improving Generated Suggestions	Done
rfc-0003	Plug-ins: Adding file parsers	In Progress
rfc-0004	Support Marking Issues as Known	Not started

CSpell for enterprise

Available as part of the Tidelift Subscription.

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Security contact information

To report a security vulnerability, please email security@streetsidesoftware.com or use the Tidelift security contact. Tidelift will coordinate the fix and disclosure.

Versions

	version	Node	Status	Maintenance	End of Free Support
cspell	8.x	18.x	In Active Development	TBD	TBD
cspell	7.x	16.x	Maintenance	2023-10-01	2023-11-07
cspell	6.x	14.14.x	Paid support only¹	2023-04-01	2023-05-01
cspell	5.x	12.x	Paid support only¹	-	2022-10-01
cspell	4.x	10.x	Paid support only¹	-	2022-05-01