Comparison
react-simple-code-editor vs react-monaco-editor
Rich text and code editorsPackage data 25 Sept 2026
react-simple-code-editorv0.14.1, 4 Jul 2024
Simple no-frills code editor with syntax highlighting
$ npm install react-simple-code-editor| Metric | react-simple-code-editor | react-monaco-editor | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 615,024 | 172,159 | react-simple-code-editor 3.6x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +68% | +9% | react-simple-code-editor +59 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 | Same |
| Unpacked size | 68 kB | 59 kB | react-monaco-editor 15% smaller |
| Latest release | 0.14.1, 4 Jul 2024 | 0.59.0, - | - |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 | - | - |
| First published | 22 Jun 2018 | - | - |
| GitHub stars | 1,728 | 4,212 | react-monaco-editor 2.4x higher |
| Open issues | 37 | 78 | react-monaco-editor 41 more |
| Open pull requests | 8 | 1 | react-simple-code-editor 7 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 0 | 76 | react-monaco-editor higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | CommonJS | ESM + 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.
react-simple-code-editor615k latest weekreact-monaco-editor172.2k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
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
react-monaco-editor
Major versions
- -
Last 5 releases
- -
Release count not fetched
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- Need no runtime dependenciesBoth
- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsreact-monaco-editor (react-simple-code-editor: CommonJS; react-monaco-editor: ESM + CommonJS)
- Need to load it with require()Both
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Higher weekly npm downloadsreact-simple-code-editor (615k vs 172.2k)
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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.
react-monaco-editor: react-monaco-editor npm registry, react-monaco-editor npm downloads, react-monaco-editor GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.