# Lexical

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Lexical and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, extensible rich-text editor framework from Meta, praised for clean design, few dependencies and a package system. Critics distrust Meta as its maker.

## Why people recommend it

- Extensible package system, few dependencies (2 comments): "What's super cool with Lexical is the package/extension system." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48784025)) "Lexical is very powerful and needs little dependencies." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774679))
- Thoughtful, clean design philosophy (2 comments): "The Lexical whitepaper is insightful, interesting, and resonates with my experience in language learning." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46942558)) "Really like the philosophy, and the UI looks clean." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45890950))

## What people warn about

- Distrust of Meta as maker (3 comments): "I wouldn't touch "Lexical" no matter the marketing they put on top." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48776671)) "I wouldn't touch "Lexical" no matter the marketing they put on top" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777875)) "Because Meta is a harmful company, for one." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48775997))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [ProseMirror](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prosemirror.md): 16 recommend
- [Wordgard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wordgard.md): 10 recommend
- [Tiptap](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tiptap.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Lexical", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lexical/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).