jaredreich/pell

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

12045 stars · 548 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

pell is an extremely small (~1.4kB min+gzip) dependency-free WYSIWYG rich text editor for the web, built on contenteditable with pure ES6 JavaScript. It ships a minimal set of formatting actions (bold, italic, headings, lists, links, images) and supports custom actions via document.execCommand.

Use cases

• add a lightweight rich text editor to a web page
• replace heavy editors like TinyMCE or Quill with a tiny alternative
• let users write formatted comments or posts in a web app
• embed a minimal WYSIWYG editor with no framework dependencies
• customize a rich text editor's toolbar with custom actions

When to choose

• you need the smallest possible rich text editor with zero dependencies
• your formatting needs are basic (bold, italic, lists, links, images)
• you want full control over styling via CSS/Sass
• bundle size is a top priority

When to avoid

• you need advanced features like collaborative editing, tables, or paste sanitization
• you rely on document.execCommand, which is deprecated and inconsistently implemented
• you need a maintained project with active development
• you need React/Vue framework-specific integrations

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

editor ui-components web-development frontend text-editors browser wysiwyg rich-text-editor contenteditable tiny zero-dependency javascript web-server

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