Comparison
@monaco-editor/react vs react-simple-code-editor
Rich text and code editorsPackage data 25 Sept 2026
@monaco-editor/reactv4.7.0, 13 Feb 2025
Monaco Editor for React - use the monaco-editor in any React application without needing to use webpack (or rollup/parcel/etc) configuration files / plugins
$ npm install @monaco-editor/reactreact-simple-code-editorv0.14.1, 4 Jul 2024
Simple no-frills code editor with syntax highlighting
$ npm install react-simple-code-editor| Metric | @monaco-editor/react | react-simple-code-editor | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 4,721,441 | 615,024 | @monaco-editor/react 7.7x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +224% | +68% | @monaco-editor/react +156 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 1 | 0 | @monaco-editor/react 1 more |
| Unpacked size | 149 kB | 68 kB | react-simple-code-editor 2.2x smaller |
| Latest release | 4.7.0, 13 Feb 2025 | 0.14.1, 4 Jul 2024 | @monaco-editor/react 7 months more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 | 0 | Same |
| First published | 21 Jun 2019 | 22 Jun 2018 | react-simple-code-editor 12 months earlier |
| GitHub stars | 4,745 | 1,728 | @monaco-editor/react 2.7x higher |
| Open issues | 9 | 37 | react-simple-code-editor 28 more |
| Open pull requests | 12 | 8 | @monaco-editor/react 4 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 18 | 0 | @monaco-editor/react higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS | CommonJS | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | MIT | Same |
Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.
@monaco-editor/react4.7m latest weekreact-simple-code-editor615k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
@monaco-editor/react
Major versions
- 0.0.121 Jun 2019
- 1.0.025 Jun 2019
- 2.0.08 Oct 2019
- 3.0.024 Dec 2019
- 4.0.017 Jan 2021
Last 5 releases
- 4.7.013 Feb 2025
- 4.6.06 Oct 2023
- 4.5.223 Aug 2023
- 4.5.15 May 2023
- 4.5.07 Apr 2023
99 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
react-simple-code-editor
Major versions
- 0.1.022 Jun 2018
Last 5 releases
- 0.14.14 Jul 2024
- 0.14.02 Jul 2024
- 0.13.127 Sept 2022
- 0.13.018 Aug 2022
- 0.12.018 Aug 2022
43 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
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- Need no runtime dependenciesreact-simple-code-editor (@monaco-editor/react has 1, react-simple-code-editor has 0)
- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry points@monaco-editor/react (@monaco-editor/react: ESM + CommonJS; react-simple-code-editor: CommonJS)
- Need to load it with require()Both
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Need the more recent release@monaco-editor/react (4.7.0 on 13 Feb 2025 vs 0.14.1 on 4 Jul 2024)
- Higher weekly npm downloads@monaco-editor/react (4.7m vs 615k)
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@monaco-editor/react: @monaco-editor/react npm registry, @monaco-editor/react npm downloads, @monaco-editor/react GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
react-simple-code-editor: react-simple-code-editor npm registry, react-simple-code-editor npm downloads, react-simple-code-editor GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.