UIW CodeMirror
CodeMirror 6 component for React enabling code editing with syntax highlighting.
Markdown, editors and content npm MIT
Used in agent projects
47
0.4% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in markdown, editors and content
#21 of 46
by use in those projects
Downloads
4.8M
npm, last 7 days, @uiw/react-codemirror
GitHub stars
2,257
last push Sep 24, 2026
How UIW CodeMirror is used
UIW CodeMirror is a dependency in 47 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.4%), #21 of 46 in markdown, editors and content. The most used alternative there is react-markdown. Projects that use it most often also use React (97.9%), Class Variance Authority (51.1%), Tailwind Merge (55.3%).
Often used with UIW CodeMirror
| React | 97.9% of UIW CodeMirror projects · 2.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Class Variance Authority | 51.1% of UIW CodeMirror projects · 3.6× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 55.3% of UIW CodeMirror projects · 3.3× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 78.7% of UIW CodeMirror projects · 2.3× more than average |
| TypeScript | 97.9% of UIW CodeMirror projects · 1.8× more than average |
| Lucide React | 57.4% of UIW CodeMirror projects · 2.9× more than average |
| Radix UI | 44.7% of UIW CodeMirror projects · 3.7× more than average |
| CodeMirror | 40.4% of UIW CodeMirror projects · 116.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list UIW CodeMirror as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @uiw/react-codemirror |
|---|---|
| Packages counted | @uiw/react-codemirror, @uiw/react-md-editor, @uiw/react-textarea-code-editor, @uiw/react-markdown-preview, @uiw/codemirror-theme-vscode, @uiw/codemirror-theme-github, @uiw/codemirror-extensions-langs, @uiw/codemirror-theme-dracula |
| Main stacks | Next.js (25), TypeScript / JavaScript (22) |
| Example projects | miantiao-me/bm.md, 1600822305/AetherLink, rajyraman/Levelup-for-Dynamics-CRM, hzrd149/nostrudel, sigp/siren |
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