# lepture/editor

A markdown editor. http://lab.lepture.com/editor/

Repository: https://github.com/lepture/editor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lepture-editor
Homepage: https://lepture.com/
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2017-10-09T02:58:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4924, "days_push": 3250, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2798, forks 254 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:22.470448+00:00)

## What it is
A plain-text Markdown editor for the web built on CodeMirror, providing a toolbar, statusbar, shortcuts, and live preview via marked. It replaces a textarea element with a full editing component.

## Use cases
- embed a markdown editor in a web form
- replace a plain textarea with markdown editing
- add markdown toolbar and shortcuts to a blog editor
- build a comment box that accepts markdown
- live preview markdown while typing in the browser

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, non-WYSIWYG markdown editor in a legacy JavaScript page
- you want a simple drop-in replacement for a textarea with markdown support

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained project with security fixes
- you need a WYSIWYG or rich-text editor
- you are building with modern frameworks and want maintained alternatives like Milkdown or TipTap

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, markdown, ui-components
- domain: text-editors, web-development, frontend, documentation
- platform: browser
- tags: markdown-editor, codemirror, wysiwyg-alternative, textarea-replacement, javascript

## Member repositories
- lepture/editor (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:22.470448+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:14:38.308664+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lepture/editor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:22.470448+00:00, sha f4799857f9ab)
  - homepage: https://lepture.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:02.383780+00:00, sha b3827ba21be9)
  - site_page: https://lepture.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:02.393797+00:00, sha bb3a2d9b6f47)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.