# Monaco Editor

> The code editor that powers VS Code

A browser-based code editor with IntelliSense, diffing and syntax highlighting.

- Source: https://github.com/microsoft/monaco-editor
- Homepage: https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/
- License: MIT
- Language: JavaScript
- Stars: 46828
- Forks: 4148
- Contributors: 276
- Last commit: 2026-10-02
- Latest release: v0.57.0 (2026-09-24)
- Purpose: Developer tools, Editors & IDEs
- Runs on: Library / SDK
- For: Personal, Enterprise

## Worth score: 82/100

How much DigGitHub recommends it, from activity, adoption, docs, license and security signals.

- Popularity: 23/25
- Momentum: 10/20
- Maintenance: 25/25
- Community: 13/15
- Readiness: 11/15

## Alternatives

- [Tiptap](https://diggithub.com/ueberdosis/tiptap.md): Headless rich text editor framework
- [Editor.js](https://diggithub.com/codex-team/editor.js.md): Block-style editor with JSON output
- [VS Code (Code - OSS)](https://diggithub.com/microsoft/vscode.md): The open-source code editor behind Visual Studio Code
- [code-server](https://diggithub.com/coder/code-server.md): VS Code in the browser
- [Neovim](https://diggithub.com/neovim/neovim.md): Hyperextensible Vim-based text editor
- [MarkText](https://diggithub.com/marktext/marktext.md): Simple, elegant Markdown editor
- [Zed](https://diggithub.com/zed-industries/zed.md): High-performance, multiplayer code editor
- [VSCodium](https://diggithub.com/VSCodium/vscodium.md): VS Code without Microsoft telemetry

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Source page: https://diggithub.com/microsoft/monaco-editor
Updated: 2026-10-03