Package

easymde

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

v2.21.0, 3 May 2026MITCommonJSTypes: BundledMarkdown Parsers and serialisers

$ npm install easymde

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 187.2k; +143% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 5; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 4 months ago; v2.21.0
GitHub stars: 3.1k; 363 forks
Open issues / PRs: 235 / 26
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 18

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

187,189 downloads last week, 989,597 in the last month. The 12-month change of +143% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 2.21.0, 3 May 20264 months ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 11 Aug 202644 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 235
Open pull requests: 26
Commits, last 52 weeks: 18
Dependents on npm: 67

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 487 kB
Dependencies (5): markedcodemirror@types/marked@types/codemirrorcodemirror-spell-checker

Install

npm install easymde

CDN

jsDelivr: 5.2m requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/easymde@2.21.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/easymde@2.21.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/easymde@2.21.0

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Comparisons

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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