OscarGodson/EpicEditor
EpicEditor is an embeddable JavaScript Markdown editor with split fullscreen editing, live previewing, automatic draft saving, offline support, and more. For developers, it offers a robust API, can be easily themed, and allows you to swap out the bundled Markdown parser with anything you throw at it. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5333
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2333
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4212 stars · 325 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
EpicEditor is an embeddable JavaScript Markdown editor providing split fullscreen editing, live preview, automatic draft saving via localStorage, and offline support. It exposes a developer API with theming and pluggable Markdown parsers, but the project is officially deprecated and no longer maintained.
Use cases
- embed a markdown editor in a web page
- add live preview markdown editing to a blog admin
- split-screen markdown editor with fullscreen
- autosave drafts of markdown content in the browser
- swap in a custom markdown parser
- replace a textarea with a markdown editor
When to choose
- you need a quick, dependency-light embeddable markdown editor for a legacy project
- you want client-side draft saving and offline editing without a backend
- you need a themable editor with a pluggable parser
When to avoid
- starting a new project - it is deprecated and unmaintained
- you need security fixes, modern browser guarantees, or long-term support
- you need a rich WYSIWYG or collaborative editing experience
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
editor markdown ui-components frontend-framework web-development frontend text-editors developer-tools browser cross-platform markdown-editor live-preview embeddable split-pane localstorage deprecated javascript
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/OscarGodson/EpicEditor · fetched 2026-08-28 · c215098d02f5
- homepage: http://epiceditor.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4cdfe975f5da
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| OscarGodson/EpicEditor | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="OscarGodson/EpicEditor")
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