react-monaco-editor alternatives
8 packages that do the same job as react-monaco-editor: @monaco-editor/react, react-simple-code-editor, slate-react-placeholder, slate-prop-types, @uiw/react-codemirror, react-codemirror-merge, tiptap-extension-resizable-image, @blocknote/core. Figures below are from npm, GitHub and Bundlephobia.
| Package | Weekly downloads | 12-month change | Gzip | Dependencies | Last release | Module | Types | Runtimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| react-monaco-editor This package | 172.2k | +9% | - | 0 | - | ESM + CommonJS | Bundled | - |
| @monaco-editor/react | 4.7m | +224% | - | 1 | 1 year ago | ESM + CommonJS | Bundled | - |
| react-simple-code-editor | 615k | +68% | - | 0 | 2 years ago | CommonJS | Bundled | - |
| slate-react-placeholder | 93.4k | -22% | - | 0 | - | ESM + CommonJS | None | - |
| slate-prop-types | 110.9k | -20% | - | 0 | 6 years ago | ESM + CommonJS | None | - |
| @uiw/react-codemirror | 3.2m | +233% | - | 6 | today | ESM + CommonJS | Bundled | - |
| react-codemirror-merge | 25.8k | +70% | - | 3 | - | ESM + CommonJS | Bundled | - |
| tiptap-extension-resizable-image | 23.5k | +665% | - | 0 | 8 months ago | ESM + CommonJS | Bundled | - |
| @blocknote/core | 413k | - | - | 21 | 2 days ago | ESM + CommonJS | Bundled | - |
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 - use the monaco-editor in any React application without needing to use webpack (or rollup/parcel/etc) configuration files / plugins
Compared with react-monaco-editor
- 27x more weekly downloads (4.7m vs 172.2k)
- 1 dependency vs 0
- Last release 13 Feb 2025 vs -
- 1.1x more GitHub stars (4.7k vs 4.2k)
Simple no-frills code editor with syntax highlighting
Compared with react-monaco-editor
- 3.6x more weekly downloads (615k vs 172.2k)
- CommonJS vs ESM + CommonJS
- Last release 4 Jul 2024 vs -
- 2.4x fewer GitHub stars (1.7k vs 4.2k)
A Slate plugin to render a placeholder with React.
Compared with react-monaco-editor
- 1.8x fewer weekly downloads (93.4k vs 172.2k)
- No types vs bundled types
- Last release - vs -
- 7.5x more GitHub stars (31.8k vs 4.2k)
A set of React prop type checkers for Slate editors.
Compared with react-monaco-editor
- 1.6x fewer weekly downloads (110.9k vs 172.2k)
- No types vs bundled types
- Last release 25 Apr 2020 vs -
- 7.5x more GitHub stars (31.8k vs 4.2k)
CodeMirror component for React.
Compared with react-monaco-editor
- 19x more weekly downloads (3.2m vs 172.2k)
- 6 dependencies vs 0
- Last release 24 Sept 2026 vs -
- 1.9x fewer GitHub stars (2.3k vs 4.2k)
CodeMirror merge view for React.
Compared with react-monaco-editor
- 6.7x fewer weekly downloads (25.8k vs 172.2k)
- 3 dependencies vs 0
- Last release - vs -
- 1.9x fewer GitHub stars (2.3k vs 4.2k)
Resizable image extension for Tiptap
Compared with react-monaco-editor
- 7.3x fewer weekly downloads (23.5k vs 172.2k)
- Last release 7 Jan 2026 vs -
- 108x fewer GitHub stars (39 vs 4.2k)
A "Notion-style" block-based extensible text editor built on top of Prosemirror and Tiptap.
Compared with react-monaco-editor
- 2.4x more weekly downloads (413k vs 172.2k)
- 21 dependencies vs 0
- Last release 22 Sept 2026 vs -
- 2.4x more GitHub stars (10.2k vs 4.2k)
Indexability: Indexed.