CodeMirror
Extensible code editor for the browser with rich language support.
Markdown, editors and content npm MIT
Used in agent projects
44
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in markdown, editors and content
#23 of 46
by use in those projects
Downloads
15M
npm, last 7 days, @codemirror/view
GitHub stars
—
no public repo found
How CodeMirror is used
CodeMirror is a dependency in 44 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #23 of 46 in markdown, editors and content. The most used alternative there is react-markdown. Projects that use it most often also use Tailwind Merge (59.1%), clsx (59.1%), Class Variance Authority (52.3%).
Often used with CodeMirror
| Tailwind Merge | 59.1% of CodeMirror projects · 3.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| clsx | 59.1% of CodeMirror projects · 3.3× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 52.3% of CodeMirror projects · 3.7× more than average |
| Zod | 56.8% of CodeMirror projects · 3.4× more than average |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 47.7% of CodeMirror projects · 5.4× more than average |
| UIW CodeMirror | 43.2% of CodeMirror projects · 116.7× more than average |
| Vitest | 45.5% of CodeMirror projects · 3.7× more than average |
| Lucide React | 56.8% of CodeMirror projects · 2.9× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list CodeMirror as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @codemirror/view |
|---|---|
| Packages counted | @codemirror/view, @codemirror/state, @codemirror/language, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, @codemirror/lang-javascript, @codemirror/commands, @codemirror/lang-markdown, @codemirror/lang-html |
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (26), Next.js (15), Rust (1), Python (1) |
| Example projects | miantiao-me/bm.md, zkoss/zk, 1600822305/AetherLink, rajyraman/Levelup-for-Dynamics-CRM, cin12211/orca-q |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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