ProseMirror vs wangEditor
ProseMirror
prosemirror.netwangEditor
wangeditor.comSide by side
| Figure | ProseMirror | wangEditor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Rich Text Editor Software | 8.4 (#6) | 7.1 (#29) |
| Browser support | The library works on recent Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Edge versions, as well as Internet Explorer 11. | The maker lists support for most PC browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. |
| Installation | The official site says the easiest way to install ProseMirror is with npm. | The editor can be installed with yarn or npm, or loaded from a CDN. |
| Plugins | Its plugin system enables additional functionality and custom extensions. | The maker lists plugins for mentions, formulas, Markdown, attachment uploads, link cards, and Ctrl+Enter line breaks. |
| Purpose | ProseMirror is a toolkit for building rich-text editors on the web. | wangEditor 5 is an open-source web rich text editor described as ready to run with simple configuration. |
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In their own words
ProseMirror
ProseMirror is a toolkit for developers building rich-text editors on the web. It supports structured documents through a WYSIWYG-style interface while letting applications define document shape and content. Instead of treating a document as an HTML blob, it gives application code control over a custom data structure. Schemas and plugins provide ways to customize that structure and extend editor behavior. Four core modules handle the document model, editor state, view, and transformations; additional modules offer commands, key bindings, undo history, input macros, collaboration, and a basic schema. Multiple people can edit together in real time. Examples cover Markdown, image uploads, custom schemas, menus, code editors, footnotes, and track changes. ProseMirror is free, open source, and legally usable commercially; it can be self-hosted and is installed through npm. It works in recent Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Edge versions, as well as Internet Explorer 11. It is a modular toolkit rather than a ready-made editor component, and implementation generally involves a bundler.
wangEditor
wangEditor has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.