Yoopta-Editor is a free, open-source rich-text editor built for React apps. It’s packed with features that let you build an editor as powerful and user-friendly as Notion, Craft, Coda, Medium etc.
With Yoopta-Editor, you can customize everything to fit exactly what you need. Want to tweak the look, add cool features, or craft a completely custom user interface? No problem. Yoopta-Editor gives you the flexibility to do it all, making it easy to create the perfect tool for your project. All of this is customizable, extensible, and easy to set up!
- Easy setup
- Default list of powerful plugins
- Many typical solved problems in UX behaviour.
- Media plugins on steroids with optimization and lazy loadings
- Code plugin on steroids with themes and languages
- Each plugin can be easily customized and extensible
- Drag and drop, nested dnd is supported also
- Selection box for manipulating multiple blocks at once
- You can create your own plugin
- A list of useful tools (ActionMenu, Toolbar etc.) for the convenience of working with the editor
- Automatic lazy loading for media components (eg. embeds)
- Large documents
- Mobile friendly
- Indent and outdent for every plugin by tabs and shift+tabs
- Editor instance to programmatically control your content
- Editor events for saving to DB in real-time
- Exports in markdown, plain text, html - [in progress. Currently available only HTML exports]
- Shortcuts, hotkeys. And customization for this!
- Super AI tools not for HYPE, but for real useful work with editor content - [in progress]
- The soul invested in the development of this editor 💙
- ... and other features that I forgot to write about in this list 😅. Just check it in examples!
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Core
- @yoopta/editor
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Plugins
- @yoopta/paragraph
- @yoopta/blockquote
- @yoopta/code
- @yoopta/embed
- @yoopta/image
- @yoopta/link
- @yoopta/file
- @yoopta/callout
- @yoopta/video
- @yoopta/lists
- @yoopta/headings
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Tools
- @yoopta/action-menu-list
- @yoopta/toolbar
- @yoopta/link-tool
- @yoopta/chat-gpt-assistant - soon
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Marks
- @yoopta/marks - [Bold, Italic, CodeMark, Underline, Strike, Highlight]
First, install the peer dependencies and the Yoopta core package with at least one plugin
## slate, slate-react, react, react-dom - peer dependencies
## @yoopta/editor - core package
yarn add slate slate-react @yoopta/editor @yoopta/paragraph
# or
npm install slate slate-react @yoopta/editor @yoopta/paragraphImport from core package @yoopta/editor Editor Component and function to create editor instance
import YooptaEditor, { createYooptaEditor } from '@yoopta/editor';
const plugins = [...];
export default function Editor() {
const editor = useMemo(() => createYooptaEditor(), []);
return (
<div>
<YooptaEditor
editor={editor}
plugins={plugins}
/>
</div>
);
}Available props for YooptaEditor components
type YooptaEditor = {
/* editor instance */
editor: YooEditor;
/* list of plugins */
plugins: YooptaPlugin[];
/* list of marks */
marks?: YooptaMark<any>[];
/* Value. [Default] - undefined */
value?: YooptaContentValue;
/* autoFocus. [Default] - true */
autoFocus?: boolean;
/* className */
className?: string;
/* These props define the area for the selection box.
Good practice - passing parent element.
[Default] - document */
selectionBoxRoot?: HTMLElement | React.MutableRefObject<HTMLElement | null> | false;
children?: React.ReactNode;
/* Props for tools. You can get access to any passed tools using `useTools` hook from @yoopta/editor */
tools?: Partial<Tools>;
placeholder?: string;
readOnly?: boolean;
/* Width. [Default] - 450px */
width?: number | string;
/* Id for your editor instance. Can be useful for multiple editors */
id?: number | string;
};Here is list of available plugins
- @yoopta/paragraph
- @yoopta/blockquote
- @yoopta/code
- @yoopta/embed
- @yoopta/image
- @yoopta/link
- @yoopta/file
- @yoopta/callout
- @yoopta/video
- @yoopta/lists
- @yoopta/headings
import YooptaEditor, { createYooptaEditor } from '@yoopta/editor';
import Paragraph from '@yoopta/paragraph';
import Blockquote from '@yoopta/blockquote';
const plugins = [Paragraph, Blockquote];
export default function Editor() {
const editor = useMemo(() => createYooptaEditor(), []);
return (
<div>
<YooptaEditor
editor={editor}
placeholder="Type text.."
// here we go
plugins={plugins}
/>
</div>
);
}Yoopta-Editor provides useful tools that can help you when working with the editor
Here is a list of available tools
- @yoopta/action-menu-list
- @yoopta/toolbar
- @yoopta/link-tool
- @yoopta/chat-gpt-assistant - soon
// IMPORT TOOLS
import LinkTool, { DefaultLinkToolRender } from '@yoopta/link-tool';
import ActionMenu, { DefaultActionMenuRender } from '@yoopta/action-menu-list';
import Toolbar, { DefaultToolbarRender } from '@yoopta/toolbar';
// Tools should be defined outside component
const TOOLS = {
Toolbar: {
tool: Toolbar,
render: DefaultToolbarRender,
},
ActionMenu: {
tool: Toolbar,
render: DefaultActionMenuRender,
},
LinkTool: {
tool: LinkTool,
render: DefaultLinkToolRender,
},
};
export default function Editor() {
const editor = useMemo(() => createYooptaEditor(), []);
return (
<div>
<YooptaEditor
editor={editor}
plugins={plugins}
placeholder="Type text.."
// here we go
tools={TOOLS}
/>
</div>
);
}Marks are simple text formats
Here is a list of available marks from @yoopta/marks package
- Bold
- Italic
- CodeMark
- Underline
- Strike
- Highlight
// IMPORT MARKS
import { Bold, Italic, CodeMark, Underline, Strike, Highlight } from '@yoopta/marks';
const MARKS = [Bold, Italic, CodeMark, Underline, Strike, Highlight];
export default function Editor() {
const editor = useMemo(() => createYooptaEditor(), []);
return (
<div>
<YooptaEditor
editor={editor}
placeholder="Type text.."
plugins={plugins}
tools={TOOLS}
// here we go
marks={MARKS}
/>
</div>
);
}Find below useful examples of utilising the Yoopta-Editor in your projects. These examples will help you get started quickly and show you how easy it is to integrate and customize the editor to your needs.
Okay, let's go!
- With basic example
- With custom toolbar (Notion and Medium example)
- With Notion Action Menu
- With dark theme
- With media plugins
- With extended plugins
- With readonly
- With custom HTML attributes
- With custom mark
- With chat slack
- ...and check other examples in the sidebar list
If you find Yoopta-Editor useful and valuable for your projects, I kindly ask you to show your support by giving us a ⭐️ star on GitHub. Your appreciation means a lot to us and helps us grow and continue improving the editor for the community. 💙💙💙
- Develop other powerful plugins
- AI tools
- Simplify API for creating plugins
- Collaborative mode
- Plugin system
- Optimizations for media components
- Create package @yoopta/hotkeys to manage hotkeys
- Rethink the approach for just rendering to increase SEO performance
- Continue improving the project. We are listening to you and your requests 💙
Yoopta-Editor is released under the MIT License. Feel free to use and modify it for your projects.
If you have any questions or need assistance raise an issue in the GitHub repository. I will be happy to help you.
Let's create powerful and engaging editing experiences together with Yoopta-Editor!
packages/
├── core - core components of the editor
├── marks - text marks
├── plugins - editor plugin extensions
├── tools - tools packages
└── development - developer playground
If you're ready to support Yoopta-Editor, here's how you can do it:
- If you've spotted a bug or thinking of a feature raise an issue
- If you want to collaborate on the project, find an issue you like to work on and suggest your changes. Checkout contributing guidelines.
- If you want to discuss your idea feel free to create a discussion
- Or join our Telegram Community and get in touch with us
