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monaco-editor vs Thorium-Android
monaco-editor has 46,758 GitHub stars, 4,128 forks, 859 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. Thorium-Android has 785 stars, 12 forks, 13 open issues and last shipped 26 days ago. monaco-editor leads on adoption by 5,856% (46,758 vs 785 stars). monaco-editor is written in JavaScript under MIT; Thorium-Android is written in various languages under BSD-3-Clause. monaco-editor has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, Thorium-Android 2%. monaco-editor 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 | Thorium-Android | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 47K | ★ 785 |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | JavaScript | — |
| Last push | 2026-09-13 | 2026-08-23 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.1K | ⑂ 12 |
| 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 Thorium-Android if
- You want the Thorium-Android feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- You evaluated both and Thorium-Android 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 Thorium-Android
Thorium Android is a repository that serves builds of Thorium for Android. It supports both arm32 and arm64 architectures, and the README describes it as a separate repository for Android builds. The project lives in the Android and Chromium ecosystem, because Thorium is a browser, the repository is categorized under Browsers & Extensions, and the topic list includes chromium.
read the full Thorium-Android overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is monaco-editor or Thorium-Android more popular?
monaco-editor has 46,758 GitHub stars and Thorium-Android has 785. monaco-editor has the larger community by that measure.
Are monaco-editor and Thorium-Android free?
Both are open source. monaco-editor is licensed under MIT and Thorium-Android under BSD-3-Clause. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between monaco-editor and Thorium-Android?
monaco-editor is written in JavaScript and Thorium-Android 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 Thorium-Android?
Choose monaco-editor if you want the larger community (46,758 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Thorium-Android if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.