# Milkdown/milkdown

🍼 Plugin driven WYSIWYG  markdown editor framework.

Repository: https://github.com/Milkdown/milkdown
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/milkdown
Homepage: https://milkdown.dev
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: markdown, markdown-editor, typescript, prosemirror, javascript, remarkjs, rich-text-editor, editor, gfm, wysiwyg, wysiwyg-editor, milkdown
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:06:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2003, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 21, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 85}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11862, forks 546 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:50.307057+00:00)

## What it is
Milkdown is a plugin-driven framework for building WYSIWYG markdown editors, built on ProseMirror and Remark. It is headless, themeable, and supports real-time collaborative editing via Y.js.

## Use cases
- embed a wysiwyg markdown editor in a web app
- build a custom rich text editor for markdown
- add collaborative markdown editing with multiple users
- create a headless markdown editor with custom styling
- replace a plain textarea with a live markdown editor
- build a documentation editor with GFM support

## When to choose
- you need a customizable, plugin-based markdown editor in a TypeScript/JavaScript app
- you want headless styling control or real-time collaboration via Y.js
- you want ProseMirror power without building from scratch

## When to avoid
- you need a standalone desktop markdown app rather than an embeddable editor
- you need a simple non-WYSIWYG markdown preview
- your project is not JavaScript/TypeScript based

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: editor, ui-components, plugin-system, markdown, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: wysiwyg, markdown-editor, prosemirror, remark, headless, collaborative-editing, rich-text, gfm, web-server, nodejs, typescript

## Member repositories
- Milkdown/milkdown (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:50.307057+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 2026-08-29T17:15:15.289161+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Milkdown/milkdown (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:50.307057+00:00, sha 2957f824c457)
  - homepage: https://milkdown.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:26.447831+00:00, sha f9dc9886b1f1)
  - site_page: https://milkdown.dev/docs/guide/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:26.457093+00:00, sha f0440eddffc2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.