Minimalist browser editor by medv.io
Shares rank 31 of 56 text editors by recommenders
Recommended for its simple, clever design that keeps the whole document in the URL. Common caveat: mobile browsers crash on large links.
Recommended for its simple, clever design that keeps the whole document in the URL. Common caveat: mobile browsers crash on large links.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 58%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simple, clever, refreshing design
“I love this. Great little html page to refresh on Javascript.”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL” “very refreshing, very simple and clever, very well done”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL” Fun, impressive hack
“Amazing. The crime and punishment example crashed my iPhone’s Google Chrome”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL” “This hack has completely disrupted my afternoon!”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Crashes mobile browsers
“Crashes my mobile chromium browsers when I try to open crime and punishment.”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL” “Amazing. The crime and punishment example crashed my iPhone’s Google Chrome”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL” “the mobile crashes highlight how hostile real-world URL handling still is”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL” - Comment from 26 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL”
- Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL”
- Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL”
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| Vim | 513 | 127 | 80% | 13 | 20 yrs55 owners | Approved |
| Visual Studio Code | 485 | 547 | 47% | 12 | 2 yrs13 owners | — |
| Minimalist browser editor by medv.ioThis page | 11 | 8 | 58% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“First time I tried to open that link on my Pixel, it crashed Chrome, lol.”
“iOS seems to cut off content when trying to copy/share the page URL”
“By the look on the issues there, it seems the rest of the post is not that true either”
“the mobile crashes highlight how hostile real-world URL handling still is”
“Crashes my mobile chromium browsers when I try to open crime and punishment.”
“I love this. Great little html page to refresh on Javascript.”
“First I think it's still loading because it's only white”
“immediately crashed my android firefox nightly browser”
“loading "Crime and Punishment" crashed my mobile browser”
“if i used it every day my browser history cache and browser performance would get annihilated”
“You claim no tracking, and yet there's a Cloudflare Web Analytics beacon placed at the bottom of the page”
“This hack has completely disrupted my afternoon!”
“I think this is awesome idea for sharing.”
“very refreshing, very simple and clever, very well done”
“Amazing. The crime and punishment example crashed my iPhone’s Google Chrome”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.