# EasyMDE

Drop-in JavaScript Markdown editor that replaces a textarea, with a toolbar, live rendering of Markdown syntax and autosave.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/easymde/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-08
Listed since: 2026-11-08

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Jeroen Akkerman
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ui-library
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-05-03

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3096
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 292037
- contributors: 94
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor (read 2026-11-08)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/master/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/easymde (read 2026-11-08)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- i18n: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/master/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/master/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/easymde/latest (read 2026-11-08)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/easymde (read 2026-11-08)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor (read 2026-11-08)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/contributors (read 2026-11-08)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-11-01:2026-11-07/easymde (read 2026-11-08)

## Notes

EasyMDE is a Markdown editor that replaces a textarea on a page. It shows the Markdown syntax while the text is written, with a toolbar, a status bar, autosave and spell checking, and it renders previews with Marked using GitHub Flavored Markdown. The project bundles CodeMirror and depends on Font Awesome for its icons.

## Worth knowing

The README describes EasyMDE as a fork of SimpleMDE and as a continuation of that project. The LICENSE names two copyright holders, the SimpleMDE project's Sparksuite and this fork's maintainer. The image upload options hand files to an endpoint or a custom function, and the README asks the server to check file size and type because the browser check can be bypassed.

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