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slate vs Brave
slate has 31,747 GitHub stars, 3,306 forks, 653 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. Brave has 24,079 stars, 3,263 forks, 10,752 open issues and last shipped yesterday. slate leads on adoption by 32% (31,747 vs 24,079 stars). slate is written in TypeScript under MIT; Brave is written in various languages under MPL-2.0. slate has attracted 10% 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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Side by side
| slate | Brave | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 24K |
| License | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | — |
| Last push | 2026-10-28 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 3.3K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick slate if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- 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 slate
A completely customizable framework for building rich text editors. Why? · Principles · Demo · Examples · Documentation · Contributing! Slate lets you build rich, intuitive editors like those in Medium, Dropbox Paper or Google Docs—which are becoming table stakes for applications on the web—without your codebase getting mired in complexity. It can do this because all of its logic is implemented with a series of plugins, so you aren't ever constrained by what is or isn't in "core". You can think of it like a pluggable implementation of contenteditable built on top of React. It was inspired by libraries like…
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About Brave
Brave Browser This repository is not needed for building the browser and only holds issues, releases and the wiki. The source code and contributions are at You can visit our website to get the latest stable release. Resources Issues: Bug reports and feature requests for the Brave Browser. Releases: Releases of Brave Browser hosted on GitHub. See Brave Release Schedule for more information. Wiki: Documentation for developers, administrators, and power users. User facing documentation is available at the Brave help center. Documentation and guides: Additional technical information, primarily for developers…
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Frequently asked questions
Is slate or Brave more popular?
slate has 31,747 GitHub stars and Brave has 24,079. slate has the larger community by that measure.
Are slate and Brave free?
Both are open source. slate is licensed under MIT and Brave under MPL-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between slate and Brave?
slate is written in TypeScript 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, slate or Brave?
Choose slate if you want the larger community (31,747 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Brave if its feature set, stack or MPL-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.