JAjavatuts·Sep 8, 2025Submission
Novel – Notion-style WYSIWYG editor with AI-powered autocompletion
1 points · Open discussionsteven-tey
novel
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novel
Notion-style WYSIWYG editor with AI-powered autocompletion.
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Notion-style WYSIWYG editor with AI-powered autocompletion.
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Observed mentions: 2023-06-16 22:19:32 UTC to 2025-09-08 20:52:40 UTC.
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| Jun 2023 | 2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Jul 2023 | 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Aug 2023 | 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 2023 | 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2023 | 2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2023 | 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2024 | 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| May 2024 | 2024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Aug 2024 | 2024-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2024 | 2024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2024 | 2024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2024 | 2024-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2025 | 2025-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 2025-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2025 | 2025-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 2025-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 2025 | 2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2025 | 2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2025 | 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
11 sourcesOpen Source Notion-style WYSIWYG editor with AI-powered autocompletion
1 points · Open discussionProbably tiptap.dev, here's a notion-like editor built with it: https://github.com/steven-tey/novel
In Ask HN: Which open-source editor would you choose to build something like NotionAsk HN: Which open-source editor would you choose to build something like Notion
Imagine you are building from scratch a Notion like editor with React, what would be your top choice today?
Some options to consider:
Slate: https://github.com/ianstormtaylor/slate
Plate: https://github.com/udecode/plate (this is built on top of slate)
Tiptap: https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap (this is built on top of ProseMirror)
Novel: https://github.com/steven-tey/novel (this is built on top of Tiptap)
Which one of these would you choose? Are there other better options.
In my opinion Slate seems more flexible but is quite passive in terms of improvements and maintenance. On the other hand Tiptap seems very active but a bit limited due to using ProseMirror under the hood.
What are your thoughts?
7 points · Open discussionNovel: Notion-style WYSIWYG editor with AI-powered autocompletion
2 points · Open discussionGreat guide. One thing that seems to be missing is something I see in a lot of README's: a list of the core tech stack being used in the repo. Good examples here https://github.com/undb-xyz/undb#-tech-stack and here https://github.com/steven-tey/novel#tech-stack. Did you already consider adding this as part of the guide and decide against it, or was it just not something you thought to add?
In How to write a great READMEGreat question – all you need to do is hit CMD+Z or Esc when the generation starts and it automatically aborts it and gives you your "++" back!
Here's the code for it: https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/blob/main/ui/editor/inde...
I've debated between "++" vs "+++", but settled for ++ since it's lesser keystrokes (at the risk of conflicting with more common words/phrases) haha
In Show HN: I made an open-source Notion-style WYSYWIG editorI think the nature/feel of the quick response is likely due to the fact the completion call is streaming "stream: true" [1]. Then, they are parsing it back to text as it streams the response back.
[1] https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/blob/62d32be43dae8aa40fa...
In Show HN: I made an open-source Notion-style WYSYWIG editorOh, it just uses OpenAI.
https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/blob/62d32be43dae8aa40fa...
...and has a 50-request limit per day.
https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/blob/62d32be43dae8aa40fa...
...and trims the content to, um. 500 characters?!
https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/blob/62d32be43dae8aa40fa...
So past a certain point you'll get the same completion repeatedly / a completion of the start of your document, cut off.
In Show HN: I made an open-source Notion-style WYSYWIG editorCouldn’t open the GitHub link on my phone.
Here it is: https://github.com/steven-tey/novel
In Show HN: I made an open-source Notion-style WYSYWIG editorAccording to the readme, it's OpenAI: https://github.com/steven-tey/novel#tech-stack
In Show HN: I made an open-source Notion-style WYSYWIG editor