diff --git a/layers/+tools/languagetool/README.org b/layers/+checkers/languagetool/README.org
similarity index 68%
rename from layers/+tools/languagetool/README.org
rename to layers/+checkers/languagetool/README.org
index 74187ddd242f..b87e7334f694 100644
--- a/layers/+tools/languagetool/README.org
+++ b/layers/+checkers/languagetool/README.org
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #+TITLE: LanguageTool layer
 
-#+TAGS: layer|uncategorized
+#+TAGS: checker|layer
 
 [[file:img/languagetool.png]]
 
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ To use this configuration layer, add it to your =~/.spacemacs=. You will need to
 add =languagetool= to the existing =dotspacemacs-configuration-layers= list in
 this file. You can set the default language by setting
 ~langtool-default-language~. This value will be used when no custom language has
-been set using ~SPC S d~:
+been set using ~SPC S d~ (or via variables =ispell-local-dictionary= and
+=ispell-dictionary=):
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
   (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
@@ -45,10 +46,11 @@ a~ and ~] a~ by setting ~languagetool-show-error-on-jump~:
 ** LanguageTool
 LanguageTool and JRE 8+ are required to use this layer. You can install
 LanguageTool using your system's package manager or by extracting the standalone
-archive found on [[https://www.languagetool.org/][LanguageTool's website]]. You can tell the layer where
-LanguageTool is installed by setting the =langtool-language-tool-jar= variable
-to the location of =languagetool-commandline.jar=, by setting
-=langtool-java-classpath=, or setting a host and port for a running server:
+archive found on [[https://www.languagetool.org/][LanguageTool's website]].
+
+If there is no executable standalone launcher =languagetool= in your PATH
+(provided by some distributions, e.g., ArchLinux and Gentoo), [[https://github.com/mhayashi1120/Emacs-langtool#settings-required][setting]] is
+required. You can choose one of the following methods:
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
   ;; Standalone installation
@@ -56,12 +58,25 @@ to the location of =languagetool-commandline.jar=, by setting
                 '((languagetool :variables
                                 langtool-language-tool-jar "/home/username/languagetool/languagetool-commandline.jar")))
 
-  ;; Classpath (e.g. after installing with `pacman -S languagetool')
+  ;; Classpath (e.g. ArchLinux)
   (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
                 '((languagetool :variables
                                 langtool-java-classpath "/usr/share/languagetool:/usr/share/java/languagetool/*")))
 
-  ;; Server running in background
+  ;; Executable standalone launcher (e.g. ArchLinux, Gentoo)
+  (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
+                '((languagetool :variables
+                                langtool-bin "/usr/bin/languagetool")))
+
+  ;; Standalone installation (run server in background)
+  ;; This is very fast after listen server, but has security risk if there are multiple user on a same host.
+  (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
+                '((languagetool :variables
+                                ;; You can change HTTP server port number like following.
+                                ;; langtool-server-user-arguments '("-p" "8081")
+                                langtool-language-tool-server-jar "/path/to/languagetool-server.jar")))
+
+  ;; Running HTTP LanguageTool server instance on any machine
   (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
                 '((languagetool :variables
                                 langtool-http-server-host "localhost"
diff --git a/layers/+tools/languagetool/config.el b/layers/+checkers/languagetool/config.el
similarity index 100%
rename from layers/+tools/languagetool/config.el
rename to layers/+checkers/languagetool/config.el
diff --git a/layers/+tools/languagetool/funcs.el b/layers/+checkers/languagetool/funcs.el
similarity index 84%
rename from layers/+tools/languagetool/funcs.el
rename to layers/+checkers/languagetool/funcs.el
index 845cf4ca31d0..e0a3fe9ee364 100644
--- a/layers/+tools/languagetool/funcs.el
+++ b/layers/+checkers/languagetool/funcs.el
@@ -53,15 +53,24 @@
     (error "LanguageTool has not been set up yet")))
 
 (defun spacemacs//languagetool-detect ()
-  "Detects whether the LanguageTool binary exists."
-  (cond ((boundp 'langtool-java-classpath) t)
+  "Detects whether the LanguageTool is set up
+  or whether the executable file 'languagetool' exists
+  (and set the corresponding variable as the default)."
+  (cond ((boundp 'langtool-language-tool-jar)
+         (or (file-readable-p langtool-language-tool-jar)
+             (spacemacs-buffer/warning "LanguageTool isn't set up correctly")))
+        ((boundp 'langtool-java-classpath) t)
+        ((boundp 'langtool-bin)
+         (or (executable-find langtool-bin)
+             (spacemacs-buffer/warning "LanguageTool isn't set up correctly")))
+        ((boundp 'langtool-language-tool-server-jar)
+         (or (file-readable-p langtool-language-tool-server-jar)
+             (spacemacs-buffer/warning "LanguageTool isn't set up correctly")))
         ((and (boundp 'langtool-http-server-host)
               (boundp 'langtool-http-server-port)) t)
-        ((boundp 'langtool-language-tool-jar)
-         (if (file-readable-p langtool-language-tool-jar)
-             t
-           (spacemacs-buffer/warning "LanguageTool binary not found")))
-        (t (spacemacs-buffer/warning "LanguageTool binary not set"))))
+        (t (if-let* ((exe (executable-find "languagetool")))
+               (setq langtool-bin exe)
+             (spacemacs-buffer/warning "LanguageTool isn't set up")))))
 
 (defun spacemacs//languagetool-get-language ()
   "Tries to parse the current spell checking language for a
diff --git a/layers/+tools/languagetool/img/languagetool.png b/layers/+checkers/languagetool/img/languagetool.png
similarity index 100%
rename from layers/+tools/languagetool/img/languagetool.png
rename to layers/+checkers/languagetool/img/languagetool.png
diff --git a/layers/+tools/languagetool/packages.el b/layers/+checkers/languagetool/packages.el
similarity index 100%
rename from layers/+tools/languagetool/packages.el
rename to layers/+checkers/languagetool/packages.el