Show HN: I built an open source alternative to Grammarly

[pedrok]

I created RewritePal, a tool that helps you generate clear, compelling writing while keeping your unique voice. It's completely free to use and requires no sign-up. My goal was to build a simple, yet powerful alternative to Grammarly, with an emphasis on ease of use and privacy. I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions!

[wheresmyshadow]

I'm sorry for being ignorant but how does this work? Is there an LLM underneath? Does it use ChatGPT? If so, how do you maintain the privacy and how are you able to cover expenses? I'm just curious, it looks pretty great though.

[pedrok]

Hey! Yeah, it runs on an open-source llama3 image, and since the requests aren’t too wild, it costs me about $2 a month to keep it up. Thanks!

[wheresmyshadow]

I see, thanks for the info! I played with it for a bit and I really enjoy the results. A dark mode would be amazing to have but still great job!

[pedrok]

Thank you so much for your feedback!

[android521]

Could you share a bit on where you host it ? it is 8 B ,right?

[pedrok]

Hi there, I utilize the Groq/Llama-3-Groq-70B-Tool-Use model. I initially hosted it on Hugging Face for some time, but eventually, I transitioned to using the Groq API directly.

[8mobile]

Nice attempt to use AI as a translator, it seems to translate from English to other languages but not vice versa. Am I wrong? I will try it. Kudos for the idea rewritepal seems promising.

[pedrok]

Hey there! To be honest, I haven't done much translating, but the little I did worked

[android521]

Feature suggestion: it would be great if you can high hight and explain (maybe mouse over the highlighted part) how the original sentence was improved/correct grammatically.

[pedrok]

Hey, I added a feature that highlights text changes. The next step is to explain why those changes were made! Thanks again for the feedback!

[pedrok]

I loved the suggestion, thank you! I am gonna try to implement the highlight feature this week!

[ReD_CoDE]

Please add a license to your repo, otherwise many won't check it!

[pedrok]

Hey, good catch! I just added an MIT license. Thanks!

[android521]

what is the difference between paraphraser and unfiltered mode?

[pedrok]

Some folks wanted a way to write explicit or unfiltered stuff, like horror books, so I set up this unfiltered mode. I definitely need to make the language on that page better, but I'm not sure how to explain it clearly.