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TipTap vs slate
TipTap has 38,937 GitHub stars, 3,190 forks, 846 open issues and last shipped yesterday. slate has 31,747 stars, 3,306 forks, 653 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. TipTap leads on adoption by 23% (38,937 vs 31,747 stars). TipTap is written in TypeScript under MIT; slate is written in TypeScript under MIT. TipTap has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, slate 10%. TipTap was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 4 topic tags (editor, javascript, react, rich-text), 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
| TipTap | slate | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 39K | ★ 32K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-28 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.2K | ⑂ 3.3K |
| 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 slate if
- You want the slate feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and slate 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 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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Frequently asked questions
Is TipTap or slate more popular?
TipTap has 38,937 GitHub stars and slate has 31,747. TipTap has the larger community by that measure.
Are TipTap and slate free?
Both are open source. TipTap is licensed under MIT and slate under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between TipTap and slate?
TipTap is written in TypeScript and slate 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, TipTap or slate?
Choose TipTap if you want the larger community (38,937 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose slate if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.