Monaco Editor: VS Code's Code Editor for the Web

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The core of Visual Studio Code – the most popular code editor in the world – is not locked inside the desktop application. Microsoft has made the Monaco Editor (microsoft/monaco-editor on GitHub) available as a standalone web component, bringing the full power of VS Code’s editing capabilities to any web browser. This has made Monaco Editor the backbone of countless online development environments, documentation tools, and code-related web applications.

Developed and maintained by Microsoft, Monaco Editor is the same code editor that powers VS Code, extracted and packaged as a JavaScript library. It provides syntax highlighting for over 60 programming languages, comprehensive IntelliSense with autocomplete and parameter hints, code folding, bracket matching, multi-cursor editing, find and replace with regex support, diff editing for side-by-side comparison, and an extensive extension API.

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Monaco Editor: VS Code's Code Editor for the Web