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TipTap vs quill
TipTap has 38,937 GitHub stars, 3,190 forks, 846 open issues and last shipped yesterday. quill has 3,077 stars, 275 forks, 8 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. TipTap leads on adoption by 1,165% (38,937 vs 3,077 stars). TipTap is written in TypeScript under MIT; quill is written in C++ under MIT. TipTap has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, quill 9%. 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 | quill | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 39K | ★ 3.1K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | C++ |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-30 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.2K | ⑂ 275 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick TipTap if
- You weight community size — 39K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick quill if
- You want the quill feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You evaluated both and quill fits your workflow better
About TipTap
Tiptap Editor The Tiptap Editor is a headless, framework agnostic rich text editor that's customizable and extendable through extensions. Its headless nature means it comes without a set user interface, offering full design freedom (for a jumpstart, see linked UI templates below). Tiptap is based on the highly reliable ProseMirror library. Tiptap Editor is complemented by the collaboration open source backend Hocuspocus. Both the Editor and Hocuspocus form the foundation of the Tiptap Suite. How does the Tiptap Editor work? Headless Framework: Tiptap does not rely on a user interface. So there is no need for…
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About quill
Quill Ultra Low Latency Asynchronous C++17 Logging and Metrics Library 🔬 Try It Online · 🚀 Benchmarks · 📚 Documentation · ⚡ Recipes · ❓ FAQ 🐛 Report Bug · 💡 Request Feature 🧭 Table of Contents Introduction Quick Start Features Performance Usage Design Caveats License ✨ Introduction Quill is an asynchronous logging and metrics library for C++17 and later . It keeps formatting and I/O away from latency sensitive application threads by encoding log arguments on the frontend and processing them on a dedicated backend worker. Low Frontend Latency : Log arguments are encoded and queued for asynchronous…
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Frequently asked questions
Is TipTap or quill more popular?
TipTap has 38,937 GitHub stars and quill has 3,077. TipTap has the larger community by that measure.
Are TipTap and quill free?
Both are open source. TipTap is licensed under MIT and quill under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between TipTap and quill?
TipTap is written in TypeScript and quill in C++. 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 quill?
Choose TipTap if you want the larger community (38,937 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose quill if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.