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monaco-editor vs Brave
monaco-editor has 46,758 GitHub stars, 4,128 forks, 859 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. Brave has 23,659 stars, 3,214 forks, 10,752 open issues and last shipped yesterday. monaco-editor leads on adoption by 98% (46,758 vs 23,659 stars). monaco-editor is written in JavaScript under MIT; Brave is written in various languages under MPL-2.0. monaco-editor has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, Brave 14%. Brave was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (browser), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| monaco-editor | Brave | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 47K | ★ 24K |
| License | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | — |
| Last push | 2026-09-13 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.1K | ⑂ 3.2K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick monaco-editor if
- You weight community size — 47K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Brave if
- You want the Brave feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MPL-2.0 license terms
- You evaluated both and Brave fits your workflow better
About monaco-editor
Monaco Editor is the fully featured code editor from VS Code, packaged as an npm library so that developers can embed the same editing experience inside their own browser based applications.
read the full monaco-editor overview →
About Brave
Brave is a Chromium based web browser for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, released under the MPL 2.0 licence, and this repository is the project's public issue tracker, release channel, and developer wiki rather than the home of its source code.
read the full Brave overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is monaco-editor or Brave more popular?
monaco-editor has 46,758 GitHub stars and Brave has 23,659. monaco-editor has the larger community by that measure.
Are monaco-editor and Brave free?
Both are open source. monaco-editor is licensed under MIT and Brave under MPL-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between monaco-editor and Brave?
monaco-editor is written in JavaScript and Brave in various languages. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, monaco-editor or Brave?
Choose monaco-editor if you want the larger community (46,758 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Brave if its feature set, stack or MPL-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.