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monaco-editor vs Recorder
monaco-editor has 46,944 GitHub stars, 4,167 forks, 859 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Recorder has 5,643 stars, 1,095 forks, 136 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. monaco-editor leads on adoption by 732% (46,944 vs 5,643 stars). monaco-editor is written in JavaScript under MIT; Recorder is written in JavaScript under MIT. monaco-editor has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, Recorder 19%. monaco-editor 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 | Recorder | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 47K | ★ 5.6K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-07-30 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.2K | ⑂ 1.1K |
| 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 Recorder if
- You want the Recorder feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and Recorder fits your workflow better
About monaco-editor
Monaco Editor The Monaco Editor is the fully featured code editor from VS Code. Check out the VS Code docs to see some of the supported features. Try it out Try out the editor and see various examples in our interactive playground. The playground is the best way to learn about how to use the editor, which features is supports, to try out different versions and to create minimal reproducible examples for bug reports. Installing You will get: inside /esm : ESM version of the editor (compatible with e.g. webpack) monaco.d.ts : this specifies the API of the editor (this is what is actually versioned, everything else…
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About Recorder
【源GitHub仓库】 【Gitee镜像库】本文档中默认使用github.io部署的链接，如果无法访问，请直接下载仓库源码到本地然后双击打开html文件访问。 :open book:Recorder用于html5录音 支持在大部分已实现 getUserMedia 的移动端、PC端浏览器麦克风录音、实时处理，主要包括：Chrome、Firefox、Safari、iOS 14.3+、Android WebView、腾讯Android X5内核(QQ、微信、小程序WebView)、Electron、大部分2021年后更新的Android手机自带浏览器、2024年后更新的Android版UC内核(UC、支付宝、钉钉)；不支持： 老旧国产手机自带浏览器、老旧iOS(11.0 14.2)上除Safari外的其他任何形式的浏览器 。 支持在非浏览器环境中使用部分功能（如nodejs、各种使用js来构建的程序），使用RecordApp可在微信小程序、uni app中直接录音。 支持对任意 MediaStream 进行音频录制、实时处理，包括： getUserMedia返回的流 、 WebRTC中的remote流 、 audio、video标签的captureStream方法返回的流 、 自己创建的流 等等。
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Frequently asked questions
Is monaco-editor or Recorder more popular?
monaco-editor has 46,944 GitHub stars and Recorder has 5,643. monaco-editor has the larger community by that measure.
Are monaco-editor and Recorder free?
Both are open source. monaco-editor is licensed under MIT and Recorder under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between monaco-editor and Recorder?
monaco-editor is written in JavaScript and Recorder 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 Recorder?
Choose monaco-editor if you want the larger community (46,944 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Recorder if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.