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@uiw/react-md-editor vs easymde

MarkdownPackage data 25 Sept 2026
@uiw/react-md-editorv4.1.2, 21 Aug 2026

A markdown editor with preview, implemented with React.js and TypeScript.

$ npm install @uiw/react-md-editor
easymdev2.21.0, 3 May 2026

A simple, beautiful, and embeddable JavaScript Markdown editor that easy to use. Features include autosaving and spell checking.

$ npm install easymde
Metric@uiw/react-md-editoreasymdeDifference
Weekly downloads569,514187,189@uiw/react-md-editor 3.0x higher
12-month download growth-+143%-
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies45easymde 1 more
Unpacked size4.1 MB487 kBeasymde 8.6x smaller
Latest release4.1.2, 21 Aug 20262.21.0, 3 May 2026@uiw/react-md-editor 4 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months6--
First published19 Aug 2019--
GitHub stars2,9283,079easymde +5%
Open issues175235easymde 60 more
Open pull requests1626easymde 10 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks2918@uiw/react-md-editor 1.6x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSCommonJSDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

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.

easymde187.2k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

@uiw/react-md-editor

Major versions
  1. 1.0.019 Aug 2019
  2. 2.0.08 Dec 2020
  3. 3.0.029 Apr 2021
  4. 4.0.023 Nov 2023
Last 5 releases
  1. 4.1.221 Aug 2026
  2. 4.1.121 May 2026
  3. 4.1.029 Mar 2026
  4. 4.0.114 Dec 2025
  5. 4.0.103 Dec 2025
208 releases in total, 6 in the last 12 months

easymde

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
Release count not fetched
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  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry points@uiw/react-md-editor (@uiw/react-md-editor: ESM + CommonJS; easymde: CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()Both
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Need the more recent release@uiw/react-md-editor (4.1.2 on 21 Aug 2026 vs 2.21.0 on 3 May 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloads@uiw/react-md-editor (569.5k vs 187.2k)

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@uiw/react-md-editor: @uiw/react-md-editor npm registry, @uiw/react-md-editor GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.