Welcome to BlockNote! The open source Block-Based React rich text editor. Easily add a modern text editing experience to your app.
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# Live demo See our homepage @ [https://www.blocknotejs.org](https://www.blocknotejs.org/) or browse the [examples](https://www.blocknotejs.org/examples). # Example code (React) [](https://badge.fury.io/js/%40blocknote%2Freact) ```typescript import { useCreateBlockNote } from "@blocknote/react"; import { BlockNoteView } from "@blocknote/mantine"; import "@blocknote/core/fonts/inter.css"; import "@blocknote/mantine/style.css"; function App() { const editor = useCreateBlockNote(); return
### Helpful placeholders:
### Drag and drop blocks:
### Nesting / indentation with tab and shift+tab:
### Slash (/) menu:
### Format menu:
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# Feedback 🙋♂️🙋♀️
We'd love to hear your thoughts and see your experiments, so [come and say hi on Discord](https://discord.gg/Qc2QTTH5dF).
# Contributing 🙌
See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more info and guidance on how to run the project (TLDR: just use `pnpm start`).
The codebase is automatically tested using Vitest and Playwright.
# License 📃
BlockNote is 100% Open Source Software. The majority of BlockNote is licensed under the [MPL-2.0 license](LICENSE-MPL.txt), which allows you to use BlockNote in commercial (and closed-source) applications. If you make changes to the BlockNote source files, you're expected to publish these changes so the wider community can benefit as well. [Learn more](https://fossa.com/blog/open-source-software-licenses-101-mozilla-public-license-2-0/).
The XL packages (source code in the `packages/xl-*` directories and published in NPM as `@blocknote/xl-*`) are licensed under the GPL-3.0. If you cannot comply with this license and want to use the XL libraries, you'll need a commercial license. Refer to [our website](https://www.blocknotejs.org/pricing) for more information.
# Credits ❤️
BlockNote builds directly on two awesome projects; [Prosemirror](https://prosemirror.net/) by Marijn Haverbeke and [Tiptap](https://tiptap.dev/). Consider sponsoring those libraries when using BlockNote: [Prosemirror](https://marijnhaverbeke.nl/fund/), [Tiptap](https://github.com/sponsors/ueberdosis).
BlockNote is built as part of [TypeCell](https://www.typecell.org). TypeCell is proudly sponsored by the renowned [NLNet foundation](https://nlnet.nl/foundation/) who are on a mission to support an open internet, and protect the privacy and security of internet users. Check them out!