# Wordgard

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Wordgard and 9 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A free in-browser rich-text editor from ProseMirror's creator, praised for careful design and transaction-based updates. The most common caveat is unstable input on mobile.

## Why people recommend it

- Thoughtful design from ProseMirror's creator (3 comments): "ProseMirror and seemingly WordGard have real thought and care put into them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48776671)) "I'd rather trust Marijn's design skills and extensive experience." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780691)) "ProseMirror (and presumably Wordgard) just gets so much right." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780642))
- Avoids ProseMirror's design issues (2 comments): "I had a whole pile of new design insights that avoid some of the issues I've ran into with ProseMirror" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774935)) "Wordgard does not repeat this mistake, and makes updates take transactions, not just a new state." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48773698))
- Impressive page design and aesthetics (4 comments): "The design and aesthetics of the page are really impressive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774507)) "I'm one vote up for the new design direction!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48775867)) "I am so, so happy to see real art for once" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48779089))

## What people warn about

- Mobile keyboard and autocorrect input lost (3 comments): "Tapped a correction on iOS keyboard and the replacement showed up for a split second before the whole word disappeared." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48779188)) "Inputs coming from autocorrect or the keyboard suggestions are swallowed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48782589)) "tried deleting by swipping backspace, it did not work..." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48783520))
- Editor unstable, undo has no effect (2 comments): "I entered x and tapped what I presume is Undo. No effect." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48773655)) "At least on mobile the editor seems to still be unstable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48776425))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [ProseMirror](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prosemirror.md): 16 recommend
- [Lexical](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lexical.md): 9 recommend
- [Tiptap](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tiptap.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

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