Find heavy sentences, passive voice and unnecessary words. Make your own writing easier to read.
Free manual readability editor. AI editing is paid.
Writing & clarity
write-good
Free optionOpen sourceLocal
Find passive voice, vague wording and repetition in your writing.
What you can use it for
Find passive voice, vague wording and repetition in your writing.
- Quick free style pass.
- Flagged 'very' (x2), 'extremely', passive 'was written'.
Workflow coverage and comparison notes
Find common prose-style issues in local text without a 500-word free check limit. Command-line linter does not rewrite text or offer full grammar checking.
Before you switch
No grammar/spelling; Last release Mar 2025
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