Grammar Nazi Bot
@grammarNz_Bot
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An open-source bot that sits in a chat and replies to messages with spelling corrections, in English and Spanish. Free, MIT-licensed, and the only Spanish checker here.
Key features
- Corrects spelling in the messages of a chat
- English and Spanish
- Open source under an MIT licence
- Free
What Grammar Nazi Bot does
This is the group-chat kind of checker rather than the paste-a-text kind. It reads the messages sent in a chat it has been added to and answers with the corrections it found, which makes it a tool a group agrees to rather than one person uses. Its Telegram page links the author's Twitter account, but the project itself is a public repository under an MIT licence, so the code and the analyzer it calls can be read rather than guessed at.
It covers English and Spanish, and Spanish is the reason it is here - almost every other bot in this subtopic handles Russian, English or French and stops. Like any open-source side project it comes with no support desk, and in a busy chat a bot that comments on typos wears out its welcome fast, so turn it on where people asked for it.
How to start
- Add @grammarNz_Bot to the chat that agreed to it
- Write as usual and let it answer the messages it finds mistakes in
- Read the repository first if you want to know what it sends where
Pricing and limits
Free Free and open source, with no paid plan advertised.
Pros / Cons
- The only Spanish spelling checker in this subtopic
- Open source, so the code can be inspected
- Free, with no account and no limits announced
- A side project, so there is no support and no uptime promise
- Commenting on other people's typos needs the chat's agreement first
Alternatives
Score breakdown
| Criterion | Weight | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 6 / 10 | |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 6 / 10 | |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 4 / 10 | |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 10 / 10 | |
| Usability | 10 | 8 / 10 | |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 8 / 10 | |
| Freshness | 5 | 6 / 10 | |
| Localization | 5 | 10 / 10 | |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 10 / 10 | |
| Score | 100 | 69.0 |
FAQ
Is this the same bot as Grammar Nazi?
No. The names are alike, but this one is the open-source project for English and Spanish, while @GrammarNaziBot handles Russian and English.
Can I run my own copy?
Yes. The project is published under an MIT licence, so a self-hosted instance for your own chat is allowed.
Technical details
- Inline mode
- Mini App
- Works in groups
- Works in channels
- Accepts voice
- Accepts files
- Requires phone number
- Requires registration
- Shows ads
