ProseLint Web v0.2.1: Four New Style Guides and Organized Package Discovery

ProseLint Web v0.2.1 is now available with four new industry-leading style guides and a smarter package discovery system.

If you write documentation for Datadog, Splunk, Canonical platforms, or worry about AI-generated content detection, this release brings professional style enforcement directly to your browser — with zero setup overhead.

What's new in v0.2.1

1) Four new Vale style guide packages

You can now download and apply style rules from four additional organizations:

Datadog — Enforce Datadog documentation standards across your technical content. Perfect for teams integrating with Datadog or following their documentation patterns.

Splunk — Apply Splunk's rigorous style guide for consistent, professional documentation. Ideal for organizations managing complex data platform documentation.

Canonical — Use Canonical's documentation standards for Ubuntu, Kubernetes, and open-source projects. Great for DevOps teams and infrastructure documentation.

AI Tells — Detect AI-generated text patterns and clichés. Protect your documentation's authentic voice and catch AI-written sections that need human refinement.

What this means for you:

• Enforce industry-specific standards without manual style documentation
• Catch inconsistencies and violations in milliseconds — no server uploads required
• Mix and match packages: combine Datadog rules with Microsoft style, or pair Splunk with Alex for inclusive language
• Reduce copy-edit cycles by catching style violations as you write
• Maintain brand voice consistency across all technical content

2) Organized package categories for faster discovery

Finding the right style guide just got dramatically simpler.

v0.2.1 organizes all 20 Vale packages into four intuitive categories:

• Tech style guides (8 packages): Datadog, Splunk, Canonical, Google, Microsoft, Elastic, RedHat, GitLab
• Markup related (3 packages): AsciiDoc best practices, OpenShift AsciiDoc, AsciiDocDITA conversion rules
• General writing (5 packages): proselint, write-good, Readability, alex, Openly
• Specialized checks (2 packages): Joblint, AI Tells

The Packages modal now displays them grouped by category — no more scrolling through a flat list looking for that one style guide you need.

What this means for you:

• Pick the right package in seconds
• Understand which rules solve your specific problem (brand enforcement vs. inclusive language vs. readability)
• Discover complementary packages that work together (combine tech guides with general writing checks)
• Onboard new team members faster with logical, self-explanatory organization

3) Better license transparency with compact grid display

The Licenses page now shows Vale packages in a responsive grid layout instead of a long vertical list.

You can now quickly browse the licenses for all 20 Vale packages, understand legal obligations, and verify open-source compliance — all on one compact page.

What this means for you:

• Review package licenses without endless scrolling
• Verify compliance requirements

Why these packages matter

For documentation teams: Four new style guides means you can now enforce standards from platforms your users and infrastructure depend on. Consistency at scale.

For AI-aware teams: AI Tells catches telltale signs of machine-generated text. Perfect for hybrid human/AI writing workflows where authenticity matters.

For accessibility and inclusivity: The new category system makes it trivial to combine tech guides with alex (insensitive language checks) and readability metrics in one workflow.

For compliance-conscious orgs: Better license browsing means faster legal review before adopting packages across your team.

Start using ProseLint Web v0.2.1 now

Head to the Packages tab in ProseLint Web to explore all 24 Vale rule packages organized by category. Download the ones that match your team's style standards.

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