{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/2"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Codespell finds and fixes common misspellings in text files, particularly source code, using a curated dictionary of frequent errors rather than full dictionary validation.","skillfed_tags":["spell-check","code-quality","ci-cd-ready"],"use_cases":["Catch typos in source code comments and docstrings before committing.","Run as a pre-commit hook or CI step to enforce spelling standards across a repository.","Fix bulk misspellings across a large codebase with the `-w` flag and interactive review.","Maintain a project-specific allowlist of non-standard terms to avoid repeated false positives.","Check documentation, README files, and changelog entries for common spelling errors."],"what_it_does":"Codespell is a command-line tool that scans text files for a curated set of common misspellings and suggests corrections. Unlike full dictionary checkers, it targets known typos (like \"adn\" for \"and\") rather than validating every word, which keeps false positives low when working with niche terminology, code identifiers, or domain-specific language. It's designed primarily for source code but works on any text file.\n\nThe tool runs as a standalone CLI with no external runtime dependencies, making it easy to integrate into CI/CD pipelines, pre-commit hooks, or local development workflows. It supports dry-run mode (default), interactive correction, batch writing, word allowlists, file exclusion patterns, and configuration via INI or TOML files. You can also embed inline ignore directives directly in source code using comments.","worth_installing":"Yes. Codespell is actively maintained, has zero known vulnerabilities, installs with no dependencies, and requires only Python 3.9+. It solves a real problem\u2014catching typos in code and docs\u2014with low friction and minimal false positives. The GPL-2.0-only license is copyleft; verify compatibility with your project before shipping it as a dependency, but using it locally as a development tool carries no license risk."},"id":"codespell","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/codespell","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/codespell.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/codespell/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-07-15","license_spdx":"GPL-2.0-only","license_treatment":"copyleft","name":"codespell","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Fix common misspellings in text files"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":6346962,"position":1924,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"2.4.3"}