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Product
Lexical is an extensible text editor framework for the web with a small, dependency-free core and optional packages.Read 11 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
Integrations
The documentation lists use in Meta web products and at Bloomberg, and names Payload CMS, Supabase, Proton Docs, MDXEditor, Sveltia CMS, Dify, RAGFlow, DeepSeek Harness, Paperclip, and Lexxy as products using Lexical.Read 11 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
Security
The GitHub repository links to a security policy.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Support
The homepage directs questions, bug reports, and community sharing to the Lexical Discord server.Read 11 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
License
The GitHub repository identifies the project as MIT licensed.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Accessibility
The homepage says Lexical follows WCAG best practices and is compatible with screen readers and other assistive technologies.Read 11 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
App responsibilities
Lexical supplies editing infrastructure; the application supplies layout, toolbars, menus, styling, and storage.Read 11 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
Application responsibilities
Lexical supplies editing infrastructure; the application supplies layout, toolbars, menus, styling, and storage.Read 10 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
Collaboration
Real-time collaborative editing with shared content and remote cursors is available through the Yjs integration.Read 11 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
Composable core
Its small, dependency-free core has optional packages that developers can compose for their needs.Read 10 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
Composable packages
The core is framework-agnostic, while @lexical/react provides React bindings and other features are supplied as optional packages.Read 11 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
Data formats
Lexical content can be converted to and from JSON, HTML, and Markdown.Read 11 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
Editor features
Examples of supported content include mentions, hashtags, links, custom emoji, tables, lists, code blocks, and images.Read 10 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
Notable limit
The React getting-started guide says all Lexical packages should use the same version.Read 11 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
Project status and license
Lexical is an open-source community project that began at Meta.Read 10 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
React integration
The core is framework-agnostic, and the optional @lexical/react package provides React bindings.Read 10 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
Security reporting
The repository security policy directs users to report security issues through Meta's Bug Bounty program rather than public GitHub issues or pull requests.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
Serialization
Content can be converted to and from JSON, HTML, and Markdown.Read 10 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
Server use
An editor without a root element does no DOM work, so the same code can run on a server or in tests.Read 11 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
Use cases
It can be used for plain-text inputs, rich-text editors, full document editors, and real-time collaborative editing.Read 11 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev
What it is
Lexical is an extensible text editor framework for the web, built for reliability, accessibility, and performance.Read 10 Oct 2026 · lexical.dev

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