aspell
brew install aspellSpell checker with better logic than ispell
License: LGPL-2.1-only
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/aspell.json
Formula code: aspell.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 0.60.8.3 |
Uses from macOS: ncurses
Binaries:
aspell,
aspell-import,
precat,
preunzip,
prezip,
prezip-bin,
pspell-config,
run-with-aspell,
word-list-compress
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 77,436 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 9,006,203 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 4,974 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 15.6× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-03T00:40:19Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-03. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 4,974 | 9,941 | 55,879 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Installs on Request | 1,370 | 2,820 | 11,196 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Build Errors | 6 |