Unlike Ispell, Aspell can easily check UTF-8 documents without having to use a special dictionary.

Sample uses include: As of July 2017[update], the latest official Windows port of GNU Aspell was still 32-bit version 0.50.3 (Dec 2002), with dictionaries of similar age.

"[citation needed] LyX is being maintained and as of October 2023[update] the latest version is 2.3.7, dated 7 January 2023.

[6] The regularly updated Cygwin port of aspell can also be used in Windows and it is the latest version.

[citation needed] Aspell has been integrated into software such as Gajim,[7] LyX, Notepad++, Claws Mail and previously Pidgin,[8] Opera,[9][10] gedit and AbiWord.