Open source text-editor projects
Every project in the registry tagged text-editor, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
Hyperextensible, Lua-powered Vim-based text editor
High-performance code editor built for speed and AI
A completely customizable framework for building rich text editors. (Currently in beta.)
A JavaScript library for web-based content editing.
The Tangent monorepo.
Frequently asked questions
How many open source text-editor projects are there?
This registry tracks 5 projects tagged text-editor, with 227,852 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is Neovim at 102,393 stars.
Are these text-editor projects free to use?
Yes — 3 of the 5 carry an explicit open-source licence across 2 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.
Which text-editor project should I choose?
The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.
Are these text-editor projects still maintained?
4 of the 5 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.