Why I Built @editora/react

Ajay Kumar — Mon, 25 May 2026 07:51:10 +0000

After building multiple SaaS platforms, CMS tools, and AI-powered applications, I kept facing the same problem:

Most React editor libraries were either:

Too heavy
Hard to customize
Difficult to scale
Not optimized for modern AI workflows

So I decided to build my own.

Introducing @editora/react — a modern React editor toolkit focused on flexibility, performance, and developer experience.

What I wanted from the beginning:
✅ Clean API
✅ TypeScript-first
✅ Modern React support
✅ Extensible architecture
✅ Lightweight and customizable
✅ AI-ready editor workflows

The goal wasn’t just to create another editor package.

I wanted something developers could actually integrate into production SaaS applications without fighting the library itself.

A few things I learned while building it:

Developer experience matters more than features
Documentation is part of the product
Extensibility beats opinionated design
Performance becomes critical at scale

Still improving it every week and adding more features.

Would love feedback from the React community 🚀

npm:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@editora/react

GitHub:
https://github.com/ajaykr089/Editora
CodeSandbox:
https://qjr47y-5173.csb.app/button
UI Component Catalog:
https://editora-ecosystem.netlify.app/
Web Demo:
https://editora-free.netlify.app/
Storybook:
https://editora-ecosystem-storybook.netlify.app/

#react #opensource #javascript #typescript #webdev

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Why I Built @editora/react