Is the standalone version of LanguageTool still available for download?

I’m updating the instructions to setup the LanguageTool Vim plugin at GitHub - dpelle/vim-LanguageTool: A vim plugin for the LanguageTool grammar checker

In that page, I have a section which says:

Download the stand-alone version of LanguageTool(LanguageTool-*.zip) from here (http://www.languagetool.org/) using the orange button labeled “LanguageTool for standalone for your desktop”.

This is clearly outdated after the LanguageTool website was reorganized.
I don’t see the link to download the standalone LanguageTool-*.zip anymore.
Is it still available?

I see at least the daily snapshot of the standalone LanguageTool-*.zip files at:
https://internal1.languagetool.org/snapshots/
But I don’t know where are the stable versions of the standalone version.

Personally, I would prefer if the LanguageTool website had a separate “Download” page with a Download button at the top. That Download page could have details about everything that can be downloaded (LibreOffice plugin, Firefox plugin, standalone plugin, external link to third party plugins (vim, emacs, sublime, word, etc.) Some of this is currently on the page page which takes too much space for a main branch, and it’s incomplete.

For comparison, the download section of the the French grammar checker “Grammalecte” is clearer to me than what I see on LanguageTool.org. See: Grammalecte

Opinions?

https://languagetool.org/download/LanguageTool-stable.zip always points to the latest version.

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Nice idea. I agree.

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so you still have an offline version of around 200mb ?

what is “better” now? the desktop app or this offline version?

The offline version (https://languagetool.org/download/LanguageTool-stable.zip) works with its integrated rules. The desktop app (Win, Mac) uses the API which always has the latest rules. If you need to work offline or need fully deterministic results (same matches every day for the same input) for some reason, you should use the offline version.

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Thank you. This answer helps me a lot. I am always online when I do write, so the desktop app is perfect for me.

However, just out of curiosity: It is not possible to have the offline version which gets like on a daily or weekly base updated with the latest insights like you do with the rules / grammars behind the desktop app.

Snapshot builds are available at https://internal1.languagetool.org/snapshots/

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Nice, but I have to download it by myself, everytime…

Do you consider in the future to have the offline version that makes updates fully automatic with daily checks?

No, there are no plans for that.

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OK, if it is like this, I would have to make a weekly reminder in my calendar with a link to that page above to check if it there is a newer version i could download.

this is the way to go then.

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