Honest Comparison

Mina vs Quill

Your powerful rich text editor

01Quick Stats

Mina

StarsNew
Bundle~45KB
LicenseMIT
ActivityActive
FrameworkReact

Quill

Stars47k
Bundle~60KB
LicenseMIT
ActivityMedium activity
FrameworkVanilla JS
02Feature Comparison
Feature
Mina
Quill
Architecture
Block-based
Traditional WYSIWYG
Document model
Tree with nesting
Flat Delta format
Drag & drop blocks
Built-in
Not supported
Collaboration support
Coming soon
Limited
Modern React
Native
Wrapper needed
Slash commands
Built-in
Not available
AI integration
Built-in, any provider
Not available
Real-time collaboration
Built-in (Y.js)
Limited
Community size
New
47k stars
Adoption
Growing
282k dependents
Themes
CSS variables
Snow + Bubble themes
Framework support
React only
Multi-framework
03Strengths

Where each editor shines

An honest look at what each editor does best.

Mina wins

Block-based architecture vs traditional WYSIWYG

Modern tree-based document model with nesting

Built-in AI generation — provider-agnostic, any LLM

Built-in Y.js real-time collaboration

Built-in drag & drop for block reordering

Native React integration without wrappers

Slash commands and markdown shortcuts

Modern TypeScript-first codebase

Quill wins

Highest adoption of any editor — 47k stars, 282k dependents

Multiple themes (Snow, Bubble) for different aesthetics

Battle-tested across thousands of production apps

Multi-framework support (React, Vue, Angular wrappers)

Extremely well-documented with years of community resources

04Code Comparison
Mina — 9 lines
import { Editor } from "@/components/ui/rich-editor"

function App() {
  return (
    <Editor
      initialContent={content}
      onChange={({ json, html }) => save(json)}
    />
  )
}
Quill — 19 lines
import Quill from 'quill'
import 'quill/dist/quill.snow.css'

const quill = new Quill('#editor', {
  theme: 'snow',
  modules: {
    toolbar: [
      [{ header: [1, 2, 3, false] }],
      ['bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'strike'],
      [{ list: 'ordered' }, { list: 'bullet' }],
      ['blockquote', 'code-block'],
      ['link', 'image'],
      ['clean'],
    ],
  },
})

quill.on('text-change', () => {
  save(quill.getContents())
})
05The Verdict

Choose Mina if...

  • You want block-based editing (not traditional WYSIWYG)
  • You're building a modern React application
  • You need drag & drop, slash commands, and markdown shortcuts
  • You want a modern TypeScript-first editor

Choose Quill if...

  • You need the most battle-tested editor available
  • You're working with non-React frameworks
  • You need traditional WYSIWYG (not block-based)
  • You want maximum community support and documentation

Ready to build?

Try Mina Rich Editor — 3 lines of code, zero ProseMirror.

Installation coming soon

MIT License · 2025–2026 Mina Massoud