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Covers Vale install and .vale.ini setup — StylesPath, built-in/
third-party/custom styles, BasedOnStyles activation. Setup half of
Vale support; vale-run (running/interpreting) is a separate skill.

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Package Managers

Vale is distributed via standard OS package managers:

brew install vale      # macOS
snap install vale      # Linux
choco install vale      # Windows

Docker

An official image is available on Docker Hub:

docker pull jdkato/vale

Post-Install: Syncing Styles

Installing the vale binary alone does not install any styles. After install, run vale sync to download and install the styles/packages declared in .vale.ini:

$ vale sync

Format-Specific Extras

Some input formats need an external converter installed separately before Vale can process them:

  • reStructuredText: pip install docutils (provides rst2html)
  • MDX: npm install -g mdx2vast