# sofish/pen

enjoy live editing (+markdown)

Repository: https://github.com/sofish/pen
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pen
Homepage: https://sofish.github.io/pen
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: editor, wysiwyg, pen, pen-editor
Last push: 2018-09-23T14:27:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4752, "days_push": 2901, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4795, forks 402 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:00.076563+00:00)

## What it is
Pen is a lightweight JavaScript WYSIWYG editor library that turns any DOM element into a live-editable rich text area with markdown shorthand support. It offers a customizable toolbar built on contenteditable with fallbacks for older browsers.

## Use cases
- embed a wysiwyg editor in a web page
- live editing with markdown shortcuts
- customizable rich text toolbar for a blog CMS
- inline content editing without heavy frameworks
- markdown-style formatting like > quotes and  code blocks

## When to choose
- you need a tiny dependency-free wysiwyg editor
- you want markdown shorthand while editing rich text
- you need a fully customizable toolbar via simple options

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained editor with modern security fixes
- you need collaborative editing or a full document model
- you need a React/Vue-integrated editor component

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, ui-components, markdown
- domain: web-development, frontend, text-editors
- platform: browser
- tags: wysiwyg, rich-text-editor, contenteditable, markdown-support, live-editing, javascript

## Member repositories
- sofish/pen (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:00.076563+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 2026-08-29T18:18:40.244133+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sofish/pen (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:00.076563+00:00, sha 4635b47d22b2)
  - homepage: https://sofish.github.io/pen (fetched 2026-08-29T09:02:02.454165+00:00, sha 870a01fae3e0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.