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@monaco-editor/react alternatives

8 packages that do the same job as @monaco-editor/react: react-monaco-editor, react-simple-code-editor, @uiw/react-codemirror, slate-react-placeholder, slate-prop-types, react-quill, @blocknote/core, @blocknote/react. Figures below are from npm, GitHub and Bundlephobia.

Data as of 25 Sept 2026
PackageWeekly downloads12-month changeGzipDependenciesLast releaseModuleTypesRuntimes
@monaco-editor/react
This package
4.7m+224%-11 year agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
react-monaco-editor172.2k+9%-0-ESM + CommonJSBundled-
react-simple-code-editor615k+68%-02 years agoCommonJSBundled-
@uiw/react-codemirror3.2m+233%-6todayESM + CommonJSBundled-
slate-react-placeholder93.4k-22%-0-ESM + CommonJSNone-
slate-prop-types110.9k-20%-06 years agoESM + CommonJSNone-
react-quill3.1m+417%-34 years agoCommonJSBundled-
@blocknote/core413k--212 days agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
@blocknote/react411.4k--92 days agoESM + CommonJSBundled-

12-month change compares the average of the last 4 weeks of downloads with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series. Gzip size is for the whole package (Bundlephobia). Runtimes are taken from each package's own documentation; "-" means not recorded.

Monaco Editor for React

Compared with @monaco-editor/react

  • 27x fewer weekly downloads (172.2k vs 4.7m)
  • 0 dependencies vs 1
  • Last release - vs 13 Feb 2025
  • 1.1x fewer GitHub stars (4.2k vs 4.7k)

Simple no-frills code editor with syntax highlighting

Compared with @monaco-editor/react

  • 7.7x fewer weekly downloads (615k vs 4.7m)
  • 0 dependencies vs 1
  • CommonJS vs ESM + CommonJS
  • Last release 4 Jul 2024 vs 13 Feb 2025
  • 2.7x fewer GitHub stars (1.7k vs 4.7k)

CodeMirror component for React.

Compared with @monaco-editor/react

  • 1.5x fewer weekly downloads (3.2m vs 4.7m)
  • 6 dependencies vs 1
  • Last release 24 Sept 2026 vs 13 Feb 2025
  • 2.1x fewer GitHub stars (2.3k vs 4.7k)

A Slate plugin to render a placeholder with React.

Compared with @monaco-editor/react

  • 51x fewer weekly downloads (93.4k vs 4.7m)
  • 0 dependencies vs 1
  • No types vs bundled types
  • Last release - vs 13 Feb 2025
  • 6.7x more GitHub stars (31.8k vs 4.7k)

A set of React prop type checkers for Slate editors.

Compared with @monaco-editor/react

  • 43x fewer weekly downloads (110.9k vs 4.7m)
  • 0 dependencies vs 1
  • No types vs bundled types
  • Last release 25 Apr 2020 vs 13 Feb 2025
  • 6.7x more GitHub stars (31.8k vs 4.7k)

The Quill rich-text editor as a React component.

Compared with @monaco-editor/react

  • 1.5x fewer weekly downloads (3.1m vs 4.7m)
  • 3 dependencies vs 1
  • CommonJS vs ESM + CommonJS
  • Last release 3 Aug 2022 vs 13 Feb 2025
  • 1.5x more GitHub stars (7k vs 4.7k)

A "Notion-style" block-based extensible text editor built on top of Prosemirror and Tiptap.

Compared with @monaco-editor/react

  • 11x fewer weekly downloads (413k vs 4.7m)
  • 21 dependencies vs 1
  • Last release 22 Sept 2026 vs 13 Feb 2025
  • 2.2x more GitHub stars (10.2k vs 4.7k)

A "Notion-style" block-based extensible text editor built on top of Prosemirror and Tiptap.

Compared with @monaco-editor/react

  • 11x fewer weekly downloads (411.4k vs 4.7m)
  • 9 dependencies vs 1
  • Last release 22 Sept 2026 vs 13 Feb 2025
  • 2.2x more GitHub stars (10.2k vs 4.7k)
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, Bundlephobia. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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