An honest look at what each editor does best.
3-line setup vs 20+ lines of boilerplate with TipTap
Pre-built toolbar included — no need to build UI from scratch
Smaller bundle size (~45KB vs 120KB+ with extensions)
Built-in markdown shortcuts without extra extensions
Free block drag & drop (paid extension in TipTap)
Built-in AI integration — works with any LLM provider
Built-in Y.js real-time collaboration (paid in TipTap)
No ProseMirror knowledge required
100+ battle-tested extensions for every use case
Massive community with 35.7k GitHub stars
Used in production by GitLab, PostHog, and more
Mature plugin architecture with schema validation
Framework-agnostic — works with Vue, React, vanilla JS
import { Editor } from "@/components/ui/rich-editor"
function App() {
return (
<Editor
initialContent={content}
onChange={({ json, html }) => save(json)}
/>
)
}import { useEditor, EditorContent } from '@tiptap/react'
import StarterKit from '@tiptap/starter-kit'
import Placeholder from '@tiptap/extension-placeholder'
import DragHandle from '@tiptap-pro/extension-drag-handle'
function App() {
const editor = useEditor({
extensions: [
StarterKit,
Placeholder.configure({ placeholder: 'Type...' }),
DragHandle,
],
content: '<p>Hello</p>',
onUpdate: ({ editor }) => {
save(editor.getHTML())
},
})
return (
<>
<MenuBar editor={editor} />
<EditorContent editor={editor} />
</>
)
}Try Mina Rich Editor — 3 lines of code, zero ProseMirror.
MIT License · 2025–2026 Mina Massoud