Build a Notion-quality editor in minutes.
The AI-native, open source rich text editor for React. Add a fully customizable modern block-based editing experience to your product that users will love.
?? The editor you'd build, if you had the time.
BlockNote combines a premium editing experience with the flexibility of open standards. Zero compromise.
?? Notion-Quality UX
Give your users the modern, block-based experience they expect. Slash commands, drag-and-drop, and real-time collaboration.
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?? Sovereign Infrastructure
?? 100% open source and self-hostable. Own your data, extend the core, and never worry about platform risk.
?? Intelligence You Own
Add AI features like autocomplete and rewriting without leaking data. Bring your own model, run it anywhere.
Three nations choose
open source to power
their digital future.
France, Germany, and the Netherlands partner to build Docs, a collaborative writing tool for thousands of public servants. BlockNote is the engine.
"Building Digital Commons means better tools, data sovereignty, and shared progress."
Partner with us→A modern editor, ready to ship.
Built-in components provide a complete, block-based editing experience out of the box. Customize everything when you need to.
An intuitive API for developers.
The block-based architecture unlocks a powerful API for engineers with full TypeScript support and a clean React API.
Local-first collaboration.
First-class Yjs integration for real-time collaboration. Works offline and syncs seamlessly. Deploy anywhere.
import * as Y from "yjs";
import { WebsocketProvider } from "y-websocket";
const doc = new Y.Doc();
const provider = new WebsocketProvider(
"ws://localhost:1234", "room-id", doc);
const editor = useCreateBlockNote({
collaboration: {
fragment: doc.getXmlFragment("document"),
user: { name: "Alice", color: "#ff0000" },
provider,
}
});
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Build the future of document editing. Let users co-author with AI. Connect any model and integrate RAG, tools, and agents: powered by the AI SDK.
Committed to open source.
Document editing is foundational infrastructure for the modern workforce. We believe the tools we use to create and share knowledge should be open, transparent, and free from lock-in. That's why everything we build is open source.
Built on Giants
ProseMirror and Yjs are battle-tested foundations trusted by teams worldwide, we're excited to build with these technologies.
Contributing Upstream
We're significant contributors to Yjs, Hocuspocus, and Tiptap. When we improve the ecosystem, everyone benefits.
Sustainable by Design
Bootstrapped and independent. We're building for the long term, not the next funding round.
Transparent pricing
Subscribe to BlockNote XL.
BlockNote is 100% open source. Here's how licensing works.
Core Editor
The majority of BlockNote (including all blocks, real-time collaboration, comments, and UI components) are liberally licensed.
Free to use in any project; personal, open source, or commercial.
✓ Free for everyone
XL Packages
Advanced features like AI integration, PDF / Word / ODT exports, and multi-column layouts.
Free for open source projects under GPL-3.0. Closed source projects require a subscription.
✓ Free for open source
Thanks to our supporters for helping us build sustainable open source software.
A universe of blocks.
Every BlockNote document is a collection of blocks—headings, lists, images, and more. Use the built-in blocks, customize them to fit your needs, or create entirely new ones.