This is the core engine that supports Rich Text Editing at Plane

Plane's Editor

An open-source Notion-style WYSIWYG editor with AI-powered autocompletions.

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Introduction · Installation · Deploy Your Own · Setting Up Locally · Tech Stack · Contributing · License


## Introduction [Novel](https://novel.sh/) is a Notion-style WYSIWYG editor with AI-powered autocompletions. https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/assets/28986134/2099877f-4f2b-4b1c-8782-5d803d63be5c
## Installation To use Novel in a project, you can run the following command to install the `novel` [NPM package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/novel): ``` npm i novel ``` Then, you can use it in your code like this: ```jsx import { Editor } from "novel"; export default function App() { return ; } ``` The `Editor` is a React component that takes in the following props: | Prop | Type | Description | Default | | ------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `completionApi` | `string` | The API route to use for the OpenAI completion API. | `/api/generate` | | `className` | `string` | Editor container classname. | `"relative min-h-[500px] w-full max-w-screen-lg border-stone-200 bg-white sm:mb-[calc(20vh)] sm:rounded-lg sm:border sm:shadow-lg"` | | `defaultValue` | `JSONContent` or `string` | The default value to use for the editor. | [`defaultEditorContent`](https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/blob/main/packages/core/src/ui/editor/default-content.tsx) | | `extensions` | `Extension[]` | A list of extensions to use for the editor, in addition to the [default Novel extensions](https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/blob/main/packages/core/src/ui/editor/extensions/index.tsx). | `[]` | | `editorProps` | `EditorProps` | Props to pass to the underlying Tiptap editor, in addition to the [default Novel editor props](https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/blob/main/packages/core/src/ui/editor/props.ts). | `{}` | | `onUpdate` | `(editor?: Editor) => void` | A callback function that is called whenever the editor is updated. | `() => {}` | | `onDebouncedUpdate` | `(editor?: Editor) => void` | A callback function that is called whenever the editor is updated, but only after the defined debounce duration. | `() => {}` | | `debounceDuration` | `number` | The duration (in milliseconds) to debounce the `onDebouncedUpdate` callback. | `750` | | `storageKey` | `string` | The key to use for storing the editor's value in local storage. | `novel__content` | > **Note**: Make sure to define an API endpoint that matches the `completionApi` prop (default is `/api/generate`). This is needed for the AI autocompletions to work. Here's an example: https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/blob/main/apps/web/app/api/generate/route.ts Here's an example application: https://github.com/steven-tey/novella ## Deploy Your Own You can deploy your own version of Novel to Vercel with one click: [![Deploy with Vercel](https://vercel.com/button)](https://stey.me/novel-deploy) ## Setting Up Locally To set up Novel locally, you'll need to clone the repository and set up the following environment variables: - `OPENAI_API_KEY` – your OpenAI API key (you can get one [here](https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys)) - `BLOB_READ_WRITE_TOKEN` – your Vercel Blob read/write token (currently [still in beta](https://vercel.com/docs/storage/vercel-blob/quickstart#quickstart), but feel free to [sign up on this form](https://vercel.fyi/blob-beta) for access) If you've deployed this to Vercel, you can also use [`vc env pull`](https://vercel.com/docs/cli/env#exporting-development-environment-variables) to pull the environment variables from your Vercel project. To run the app locally, you can run the following commands: ``` pnpm i pnpm build pnpm dev ``` ## Cross-framework support While Novel is built for React, we also have a few community-maintained packages for non-React frameworks: - Svelte: https://novel.sh/svelte - Vue: https://novel.sh/vue ## VSCode Extension Thanks to @bennykok, Novel also has a VSCode Extension: https://novel.sh/vscode https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/assets/28986134/58ebf7e3-cdb3-43df-878b-119e304f7373 ## Tech Stack Novel is built on the following stack: - [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/) – framework - [Tiptap](https://tiptap.dev/) – text editor - [OpenAI](https://openai.com/) - AI completions - [Vercel AI SDK](https://sdk.vercel.ai/docs) – AI library - [Vercel](https://vercel.com) – deployments - [TailwindCSS](https://tailwindcss.com/) – styles - [Cal Sans](https://github.com/calcom/font) – font ## Contributing Here's how you can contribute: - [Open an issue](https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/issues) if you believe you've encountered a bug. - Make a [pull request](https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/pull) to add new features/make quality-of-life improvements/fix bugs. ## Repo Activity ![Novel.sh repo activity – generated by Axiom](https://repobeats.axiom.co/api/embed/2ebdaa143b0ad6e7c2ee23151da7b37f67da0b36.svg) ## License Licensed under the [Apache-2.0 license](https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/blob/main/LICENSE.md).