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monaco-editor vs I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies
monaco-editor has 46,758 GitHub stars, 4,128 forks, 859 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies has 4,242 stars, 132 forks, 14,709 open issues and last shipped yesterday. monaco-editor leads on adoption by 1,002% (46,758 vs 4,242 stars). monaco-editor is written in JavaScript under MIT; I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies is written in JavaScript under GPL-3.0. monaco-editor has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies 3%. I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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
| monaco-editor | I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 47K | ★ 4.2K |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-13 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.1K | ⑂ 132 |
| 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 I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies if
- You want the I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies 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.
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About I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies
I Still Don't Care About Cookies is a browser extension for Firefox and Chrome that removes cookie consent warnings from many websites. It is a debloated fork of the original I don't care about cookies extension, written in JavaScript under the GNU General Public License version 3.0. The project lives in the browser extension ecosystem, where users install an add on or extension to change how web pages appear inside their chosen browser.
read the full I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is monaco-editor or I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies more popular?
monaco-editor has 46,758 GitHub stars and I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies has 4,242. monaco-editor has the larger community by that measure.
Are monaco-editor and I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies free?
Both are open source. monaco-editor is licensed under MIT and I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between monaco-editor and I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies?
monaco-editor is written in JavaScript and I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies in JavaScript. 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 I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies?
Choose monaco-editor if you want the larger community (46,758 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.