# wasabeef/richeditor-android

RichEditor for Android is a beautiful Rich Text WYSIWYG Editor for Android.

Repository: https://github.com/wasabeef/richeditor-android
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/richeditor-android
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, android-library, wysiwyg-editor
Last push: 2024-05-21T09:52:28+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": 4174, "days_push": 834, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6347, forks 1207 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:42.707316+00:00)

## What it is
A rich text WYSIWYG editor component library for Android, built in Java and distributed via Maven Central. It provides a WebView-based editor with formatting controls like bold, headings, lists, and media insertion.

## Use cases
- add a rich text editor to an android app
- wysiwyg text editing on android
- let users format text with bold, headings, and lists
- insert images and links in android text editor
- build a note-taking or blog composer screen on android

## When to choose
- you need a ready-made WYSIWYG editor view in a native Android app
- you want common formatting features (bold, lists, headings, media) with minimal setup
- you prefer a simple Gradle dependency over building a custom editor

## When to avoid
- you need a Jetpack Compose-native editor rather than a WebView-based one
- you require deep customization of the editing engine or font family support
- your project is not Android/Java-Kotlin based

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, editor, form-handling
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, text-editors
- platform: jvm
- tags: wysiwyg, rich-text, android-library, text-editor, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- wasabeef/richeditor-android (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:42.707316+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 2026-08-29T17:46:07.702592+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wasabeef/richeditor-android (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:42.707316+00:00, sha 07ae5c1d5633)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.