Alternatives to Linguix
A grammar checker and AI rewriting assistant that works on websites through a browser extension and web editor. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Linguix
A grammar checker and AI rewriting assistant that works on websites through a browser extension and web editor.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Linguix.
Grammarly
An AI writing assistant that checks grammar and spelling and suggests rewrites and tone changes.
Grammarly offers grammar checks, tone suggestions and paragraph rewrites across many apps and adds an AI detector, but it is proprietary and requires an account.
ProWritingAid
A grammar checker and style editor with planning and critique tools aimed at fiction writers.
ProWritingAid adds style and line-editing feedback plus fiction planning tools, and works in Microsoft Word and a desktop editor besides the browser.
Outwrite
A grammar, style and paraphrasing assistant that works in the browser and common writing apps.
Outwrite works in Google Docs, Gmail, Word and Outlook with paraphrasing and readability statistics, but supports only English, French and Spanish instead of seven languages.
Ginger
An AI writing assistant that corrects grammar, rephrases sentences and suggests synonyms in browsers and apps.
Ginger is free with desktop apps and Microsoft Office support on Windows, but focuses on English rather than seven languages.
Wordtune
An AI writing assistant that suggests rewrites, adjusts tone and proofreads English text.
Wordtune focuses on English rewrites with several suggestions per sentence and a tone switch, and adds an iOS app alongside the browser extension.
QuillBot
An AI writing tool for paraphrasing, grammar checking, summarizing and generating citations.
QuillBot bundles paraphrasing, grammar checking, summarizing and citations, with apps for Windows, Android and iOS as well as browser extensions.
Harper
An open-source grammar and spell checker that runs entirely on your own device.
Harper is open source and runs all checks locally without an account, but it is English only and does not rewrite text.
Writing Tools
A system-wide desktop app that proofreads, rewrites and summarizes selected text with cloud or local LLMs.
Writing Tools is a free open-source desktop app that proofreads and rewrites selected text in any application, but needs an API key or local model.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Linguix as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
WordAi
An AI text rewriter that restructures sentences to produce new versions of existing content.
Linguix offers a sentence rewriter with grammar checking in seven languages through a browser extension, but it needs an account.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Hemingway Editor
Writing editor that highlights complex sentences and other issues to make text clearer and bolder.
Readable
An online readability checker that scores text with many readability formulas and highlights passages to fix.
HyperWrite
An AI writing assistant with a document editor and Chrome extension for autocomplete, rewriting and research.
Rytr
An AI writing assistant with over 40 templates for drafting, rewriting and improving text.
Trinka
An AI grammar checker and writing assistant aimed at academic and technical writing.
