Jodit vs Plate

Jodit is a TypeScript WYSIWYG editor for web, self-hosted, and API deployments. Its free MIT-licensed core includes more than 70 built-in plugins, custom toolbar and theming options, and semantic HTML output. The editor supports table editing and media handling, including images added by upload, URL, file browser, or base64 data URI, plus iframe, video, and audio elements. The maker describes Jodit as dependency-free with a minified size under 400 KB. Framework examples include React, Angular, Vue, Yii2, Joomla, TypeScript, and JavaScript, with integrations for elFinder, a Node.js connector, and AWS S3 uploads. Jodit PRO adds PDF export, Word and Excel paste, autocomplete, mentions, and a file finder. Self-hosted use collects no telemetry, and license validation runs locally. The free plan costs nothing.

Plate is a React framework for building rich-text editors, with a headless runtime, composable plugins, and optional UI components. Setup paths cover Plate UI, Next.js, React, React Server Components, Node.js, and manual installation. Its plugin ecosystem includes AI menus, copilot, comments, suggestions, blocks, code, tables, media, mentions, import and export, and collaboration. The AI package provides streaming menus and chat, AI-marked text, and API-route integration patterns. Yjs collaboration supports IndexedDB, Hocuspocus, WebRTC, awareness, remote cursors, and custom providers. Media features support images, video, audio, and files, including embeds, uploads, drag-and-drop, clipboard paste, URL embedding, and captions. The package is MIT-licensed. The Free plan is free; Personal is €299, paid once and Teams is €799, paid once. The provided UploadThing middleware is intended for local development; production use requires application session and permission checks.