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TipTap vs Alokai
TipTap has 38,424 GitHub stars, 3,123 forks, 846 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Alokai has 10,942 stars, 2,064 forks, 52 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. TipTap leads on adoption by 251% (38,424 vs 10,942 stars). TipTap is written in TypeScript under MIT; Alokai is written in various languages under a licence not recorded in this registry. TipTap has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, Alokai 19%. TipTap 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
| TipTap | Alokai | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 38K | ★ 11K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | — |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-06-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.1K | ⑂ 2.1K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick TipTap if
- You weight community size — 38K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Alokai if
- You want the Alokai feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You evaluated both and Alokai fits your workflow better
About TipTap
Tiptap is a headless, framework agnostic rich text editor framework built on ProseMirror. It provides the core editing logic and state management without imposing a user interface, allowing developers to build custom editing experiences tailored to their design systems. It lives in the JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem and integrates with React, Vue, or plain JavaScript projects.
read the full TipTap overview →
About Alokai
Alokai is an open source ecosystem of developer tools and a Frontend as a Service solution for composable commerce. It lives in the headless commerce ecosystem, where ecommerce backends expose APIs and separate frontend applications deliver storefronts.
read the full Alokai overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is TipTap or Alokai more popular?
TipTap has 38,424 GitHub stars and Alokai has 10,942. TipTap has the larger community by that measure.
Are TipTap and Alokai free?
Both are open source. TipTap is licensed under MIT, and Alokai has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between TipTap and Alokai?
TipTap is written in TypeScript and Alokai 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, TipTap or Alokai?
Choose TipTap if you want the larger community (38,424 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Alokai if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.