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slate vs remirror
slate has 31,746 GitHub stars, 3,306 forks, 653 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. remirror has 3,029 stars, 265 forks, 208 open issues and last shipped 10 days ago. slate leads on adoption by 948% (31,746 vs 3,029 stars). slate is written in TypeScript under MIT; remirror is written in TypeScript under MIT. slate has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, remirror 9%. slate was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 4 topic tags (browser, editor, react, text-editor), 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 | remirror | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 3.0K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-10-28 | 2026-10-26 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 265 |
| 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 remirror if
- You want the remirror feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and remirror 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 remirror
A React toolkit for building cross platform text editors, based on ProseMirror . [!IMPORTANT] remirror is in maintenance mode and is not recommended for new projects. It stays stable and we will keep fixing critical bugs, but active development has moved on. For new projects, please use ProseKit instead: a framework agnostic editor toolkit built on the same ProseMirror foundation. See the migration guide to move an existing editor over. Motivation · Documentation · Storybook · Contributing Introduction With this code snippet your editor now supports basic editing functionality. Alternatively, take a look at our…
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Frequently asked questions
Is slate or remirror more popular?
slate has 31,746 GitHub stars and remirror has 3,029. slate has the larger community by that measure.
Are slate and remirror free?
Both are open source. slate is licensed under MIT and remirror under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between slate and remirror?
slate is written in TypeScript and remirror in TypeScript. 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 remirror?
Choose slate if you want the larger community (31,746 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose remirror if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.