An honest look at what each editor does best.
Simpler setup — 3 lines vs complex plugin configuration
Pre-built UI components included out of the box
Smaller bundle size (~45KB vs ~80KB)
Built-in AI generation with any LLM provider
Built-in Y.js real-time collaboration
No Slate knowledge required
Notion-style UX works immediately without assembly
50+ plugins for specialized editing needs
Fully headless — complete UI control
Deeper customization for complex use cases
Larger community with 16k GitHub stars
More mature plugin architecture
import { Editor } from "@/components/ui/rich-editor"
function App() {
return (
<Editor
initialContent={content}
onChange={({ json, html }) => save(json)}
/>
)
}import { Plate, PlateContent } from '@udecode/plate-common'
import { createBoldPlugin } from '@udecode/plate-basic-marks'
import { createHeadingPlugin } from '@udecode/plate-heading'
import { createParagraphPlugin } from '@udecode/plate-paragraph'
import { createBlockquotePlugin } from '@udecode/plate-block-quote'
import { createListPlugin } from '@udecode/plate-list'
function App() {
const plugins = [
createParagraphPlugin(),
createHeadingPlugin(),
createBoldPlugin(),
createBlockquotePlugin(),
createListPlugin(),
]
return (
<Plate plugins={plugins} initialValue={content}>
<FixedToolbar>
<ToolbarButtons />
</FixedToolbar>
<PlateContent />
</Plate>
)
}Try Mina Rich Editor — 3 lines of code, zero ProseMirror.
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