yjd vs the popular rich text editors
How yjd — a dependency-free, tree-shakeable ~17 KB editor — compares to the well-known options. Fair takes: each page says when the other tool is the better call.
| Comparison | Their size (approx) | License | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| yjd vs Tiptap | ~30–80+ KB gzip (core + ProseMirror + extensions) | MIT (core) | Complex documents, collaboration, custom framework-rendered nodes |
| yjd vs Quill | ~43 KB gzip (core + snow theme) | BSD-3-Clause | General WYSIWYG, Delta-based workflows |
| yjd vs TinyMCE | ~300+ KB (self-contained, iframe) | MIT core; some premium features paid | Full document editing, migrations from classic editors |
| yjd vs CKEditor 5 | ~200+ KB (build-dependent) | GPL-2+ or commercial | Enterprise editing, real-time collaboration |
| yjd vs Slate | ~40–50 KB gzip (+ React) | MIT | Fully custom, bespoke React editors |
| yjd vs Lexical | ~22 KB core gzip (+ plugins / bindings) | MIT | Custom, performant, extensible editors |
| yjd vs Draft.js | ~45 KB gzip (+ React) | MIT | Existing/legacy React editors |
| yjd vs ProseMirror | ~100+ KB gzip (assembled from modules) | MIT | Custom editors needing a rigorous document model |
| yjd vs Editor.js | ~30–40+ KB gzip (+ block plugins) | Apache-2.0 | Block-based content, clean JSON storage |
| yjd vs Froala | ~100+ KB (core + plugins) | Commercial (paid) | Teams buying a supported, polished editor |
| yjd vs Trix | ~40 KB gzip | MIT | Simple compose boxes, Rails apps |
| yjd vs Summernote | ~40 KB gzip (+ jQuery + Bootstrap) | MIT | Existing jQuery/Bootstrap apps |
| yjd vs Jodit | ~150+ KB (full build) | MIT | Full-featured vanilla editing |
| yjd vs Toast UI Editor | ~100+ KB gzip | MIT | Markdown-first docs, dev tools |
yjd: ~17 KB min → ~75 KB full (gzip), zero deps, ISC. Sizes above are approximate and configuration-dependent.
vs Tiptap
You want a small editor for comments, chat or posts and do not need framework-component nodes.
Compare →vs Quill
You want a smaller, TS-first editor that stores HTML/Markdown and a chat/prompt composer out of the box.
Compare →vs TinyMCE
You want a light, fully-open editor for comments/posts/chat without a heavyweight toolbar.
Compare →vs CKEditor 5
You want a small, permissively-licensed editor for comments/posts/chat with no license gymnastics.
Compare →vs Slate
You want a ready editor that works everywhere and do not want to build the editing layer.
Compare →vs Lexical
You want a ready-to-use editor with a toolbar and HTML/Markdown output, minimal wiring.
Compare →vs Draft.js
You are starting fresh and want a maintained, framework-agnostic editor instead of a legacy one.
Compare →vs ProseMirror
You want a working editor now, not a toolkit to build one with.
Compare →vs Editor.js
You want inline rich text stored as HTML/Markdown (comments, chat, posts), not a block array.
Compare →vs Froala
You want a free, open, lightweight editor without a per-seat or per-project licence.
Compare →vs Trix
You want a simple editor you can still configure and extend, in any stack.
Compare →vs Summernote
You want a modern, dependency-free editor without adding jQuery/Bootstrap.
Compare →vs Jodit
You want to ship only the formats you use and a chat/prompt composer.
Compare →vs Toast UI Editor
You want an inline WYSIWYG (that can still export Markdown) for general users.
Compare →