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They are just as shady as grammarly.
Years ago they have decommissioned their open source browser extension, made a new shiny one that is closed source, and when people asked why isn't the new one open source, they just closed the issue without any explanation.
Their selfhosted offering also doesn't worth much: the "magic sauce" is not included. But more importantly, now that I tried to look this up again, the only mention I have found about the selfhosted version on their website is a "contact us for the on-premise version" button on the "For Businesses" page, where you can write an email and they will probably respond with a price offering.
For selfhosting it, you may be better off with this fork as it enables premium features, but do note that this is not developed actively. Look at the "commits behind" counter and compare it to the "commits" counter below it.
As I said in another comment, the server and source are both available from their website on https://languagetool.org/dev (linked via "Open-Source Development"), maybe the "mail us" is for the pro version? I’m perfectly happy with the free version which is absolutely good enough for me.
Last I compared the privacy policy, that was not even close to true. Also "just as shady" for one company that releases at least part of their work as open source and one that is completely closed and "The only way to avoid Grammarly using your data for AI is to pay for 500 accounts", is some kind of "HN-ers complaining about Mozilla and using Chrome to spite them" bullshit.