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If you have DNS ad blocking enabled then you will want to disable abTesting as described in this post.\n\n## docker-compose.yml\n```yaml\nservices:\n  languagetool:\n    image: silviof/docker-languagetool:latest\n    restart: unless-stopped\n    command: java -cp languagetool-server.jar org.languagetool.server.HTTPServer --port 8010 --public --allow-origin '*' --config /etc/http_server.cfg\n    ports:\n      - 127.0.0.1:8010:8010\n    volumes:\n      - ./ngrams:/ngrams\n      - ./http_server.cfg:/etc/http_server.cfg\n```\n\n# Download ngrams\n\nThese weigh about `8.3`GB\n\n```bash\nmkdir ngrams\nwget https://languagetool.org/download/ngram-data/ngrams-en-20150817.zip\n(cd ngrams \u0026\u0026 unzip ../ngrams-en-20150817.zip)\nrm -f ngrams-en-20150817.zip\n```\n\n# Disable AB Testing\n\nTo prevent outgoing network requests to fetch said tests:\n\n```\ncat \u003c\u003cEOF \u003e http_server.cfg\nlanguageModel=/ngrams\nabTest=null\nabTestClients=null\nEOF\n```\n## Start Server\n\n```bash\ndocker compose up -d\n```\n\n## Install Browser Extension\n\n* From Chrome [Web Store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/grammar-checker-paraphras/oldceeleldhonbafppcapldpdifcinji\n)\n* From [Mozilla](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/languagetool/)\n\n## Configure Browser Extension\n\nIn advanced config set API server to `http://127.0.0.1:8010/v2`\n\n![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/m4rouvvqex4eq0fsqfmq.png)\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fgardner%2Flocallanguagetool","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fgardner%2Flocallanguagetool","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fgardner%2Flocallanguagetool/lists"}