Wordgard: New In-Browser Rich-Text Editor by ProseMirror Creator
Original: Wordgard: The new in-browser rich-text editor from the creator of ProseMirror
Why This Matters
A new structured rich-text editor from the ProseMirror author signals a significant evolution in open-source web editing infrastructure.
Marijn Haverbeke, creator of ProseMirror, has released Wordgard, a new open-source JavaScript rich-text editor library. Available under the MIT license, it features a schema-based document model, collaborative editing, RTL support, and a modular extension system designed for building customized content editors.
Wordgard is a new open-source in-browser rich-text editor library created by Marijn Haverbeke, the developer behind ProseMirror. Released under the MIT license and hosted at code.haverbeke.berlin, the project positions itself not as a free-form HTML editor, but as a structured content editing system where developers control precisely what document structures are supported.
Key features include a schema-based document model for defining custom content structures, a modular extension system that allows replacing or modifying individual editor features, collaborative editing with concurrent edit merging, right-to-left and bidirectional text support, and accessibility for screen readers and keyboard-only users. Structured content types such as tables, nested lists, and captioned figures are supported out of the box.
The project explicitly notes that pull requests are not accepted. Commercial users are asked, without legal obligation, to financially support the project's maintenance. Bug reports are welcomed via the issue tracker, and community discussion is directed to the project forum. The website notes the project contains "0% AI."