Pen Editor by sofish
enjoy live editing (+markdown)
About Pen Editor
From the project's README at github.com/sofish/pen. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
LIVE DEMO: http://sofish.github.io/pen Markdown is supported Build status: [](https://travis-ci.org/sofish/pen)
You can clone the source code from github, or using bower. 1. installation 1.1 init with id attribute 1.2 init with an element 1.3 init with options 2. configure
```js defaults = { class: 'pen', debug: false, textarea: ' ', list: [ 'blockquote', 'h2', 'h3', 'p', 'insertorderedlist', 'insertunorderedlist', 'indent', 'outdent', 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'createlink' ], stay:
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 4.8k | github.com/sofish/pen |
| GitHub forks | 405 | github.com/sofish/pen |
| NPM downloads (last month) | 373 | pen |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 12.8 years | since Aug 2013 |
| Last commit | 7.8 years ago | Sep 23, 2018 |
| Releases shipped | 5 | last: 9.5 years ago |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host Pen Editor?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.
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